Have you ever

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Have you ever

Have you ever had a friend like mine?

She is no longer my friend. She is very mean to me while her other friends are around her. I gave her lots of chances, but finally I give up with her. The annoying thing is that she is so mad at me now. She feels so bad, but acts so bad too. She is super depressed. I just leave her alone... or should I?

She is leaving for high school next year. I don't know if I should be happy, or sad, or relieved, or regretful, or what. But it is May. One more month to deal with her.

But a bigger problem is that all my other friends except for one love her! That one is in the same situation as me. But my other friends are always siding her, even when she gets all sad at me, trying to make me sympathetic. But I am done with sympathy.

I hate her. My old friend, who used to fight with her over me, was right. I should have believed her. I hope she learns that she is not the queen of the world. I am not her servant.

I am not a leader, nor a follower. What do you call somebody with their own ideas and who wants to share them, but prefers being alone? I think that humans are social, but I am more solitary. I never get lonely.

What should I do? I am just going to leave her to her angry thoughts until she comes around, or leaves, unless I figure out something else.

submitted by Lauren B, age 11 yrs, Richmond BC
(May 14, 2010 - 11:51 pm)

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Well... I have lots to say about bad friends... But I can't say I've had one like yours. My "friend" is the sister of someone I know, so I used to be around her a lot without ever having to particularly try to be her friend. She thinks everything I like is pretty much dumb, and often made it clear what she thought. Just because I liked fairies, she would make bad jokes about how I was a fan of Tinker Bell (I'm NOT.), she criticized my art (non-constructively), and would sometimes mock me to my face, with a poor disguise. ("I know, how about when we get there we lock Emily in a closet and go have some fun! Oh... just kidding.")

She's also kind of the popular-fashionable sort, and has some things to say behind my back about my choice in clothing. So yeah.

I don't see her much at all any more though. Which is good. People have said, "Oh, you two are similar to each other, and like trains on the same track, clash whenever you meet." No, not similar.

Oh well, my rant is over. I have, in fact, forgiven her, my purpose in saying all this is, this is the kind of friend not to have.

submitted by Emilie L., age 14, WA
(May 15, 2010 - 10:46 pm)