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i'm falling for my best friend

my friend dates boys i like

my best friend is bisexual

i'm christian but my friend has no idea who god is

my friend has been drinking and doing lots of drugs

i just moved and i have no life

my friend is homophobic.

i told my friend she's fat

my friends think my boyfriend is ugly

how can i show him that he's being racist?

i am a perpetual liar...

my mom uses me to get closer to my sister...

my friend is a freeloader...

she's conceited and it's driving me nuts...

her singing voice sucks...

my two best friends don't get along

how do i stand up to a "mean girl"?

My friend is the biggest flirt.

my friend is the biggest flirt.

i saw my friend's bf cheating on her...

i don't want to share clothes...

my friend uses her ADD as an excuse

my friend's stealing my stuff

me and my best friend have been drifting apart...

My friend is competing with me

my best friend has a new best friend

my friends tease me for being skinny

my friend thinks i'm the girl of his dreams

both sides want me to choose between them

my two closest friends just started going out with each other

all my friend talks about is her new guy

my friend's mom keeps interfering in our business

my friend makes rude comments about my weight

my friend's a perfectionist

my friends are playing tug-of-war with me!

i want people to stop making fun of me...

she's saying things behind my back...

cheap and thoughtful bday present ideas?

i feel like i'm losing my best friend...

my friend's step-dad just died...

i think she's interested in me...

my best friend's mom hates me.

my friend is very homophobic.

my best friend likes my ex-boyfriend.

my best friend ignores me when she has a boyfriend.

i called my friend 'nasty' for not using a condom.

my best friend is in love with a complete loser.

what makes a good best friend?

my best friend is slowly changing.

my friend is constantly putting me down.

i get upset when i see my crush and my best friend together.

my best friend's mom thinks i'm a TOTAL druggie!

my best friend chose her boyfriend over me.

none of my friends take me seriously.

my best friend slept with my other best friend's boyfriend.

I'm noticing annoying things about my best friend that never used to be annoying before.

i don't think i'll have any friends when i go back to school

i don't trust my best friend's boyfriend.

i told my friend i'm bisexual; now she's acting different around me.

i received an email from an old friend who hasn't spoken to me in years.

i'm starting to like my friend but he's gay. what should i do?

i like this guy, but now my best friend feels like a third wheel.

my friend is extremely clingy. how do i get her to leave me alone?

my best friend went off to college and i feel like she doesn't care about our friendship anymore.

i'm afraid to tell my friends i'm bisexual. what should i do?

my best friend smokes weed every day. i'm worried, but she won't listen.

my best friend wants to read my diary. how do i keep my private writing private?


Me and my best friend have been drifting apart ever since we started going to different schools. She has new friends and so do I. I want to stay close with her, but it's really awkward now! Please help!!

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    Friends come and... go.
    I believe that friends come and friends go. That's life, you have to get used to it. Some friends just don't stay with you forever. If you really can't live without your friend, find some way to become close again.
    --Posted by cami333
    09:45PM EST 04/13/05


    
    It's hard but you will find a way.
    When I was 10 my best friend moved away to another town. We almost grew apart until I called her and told her how I felt. You need to make sure she knows how you feel and if you guys are real close then you will get through it. Best Friends are 4-ever.
    --Posted by barbieka
    09:39AM EST 04/13/05


    
    Happened to me
    Same thing happened to me. I was best friends with this girl since 2nd grade up till the beginning of 9th. She went to a different school and started hanging with the wrong crowd. Eventually she morphed into some b*tch that definitely wasn't the girl I played "google island" with. We got in a fight and haven't talked in probably two months.

The bottom line is that if you are still happy with the person your friend is than do all that's in your power to treasure your friendship. But, if things just aren't what they used to be break it off and start becoming good friends with someone you like more. Don't hold onto the past just because it was great then. Things change....people change.
    --Posted by crush803
    07:15PM EST 04/12/05


    
    Oh
    I'm sorry you and your friend are drifting apart. Well, I've had many friends drift apart. I've discovered that the best thing to do is try and spend some alone time with your friend, like go to the movies and get some pizza. Try to do it at least once a week. Also try and call her, (not to much)talk about your day and things that will bring you closer together. Hope it works. GOOD LUCK!
    --Posted by polkadotus
    09:00PM EST 04/11/05


    
    Don't stress
    You guys are growing up, at different rates. But you can still be friends. Tell her you miss the old times when it was just you two. Then hang out more and eventually things will be normal again. But be aware things and people change.
    --Posted by gilmoregirl92
    08:37PM EST 04/11/05



    
    I'm in the same boat.
    Me and my best friend have been really close since sixth grade. We've always gone to different schools, and this year I came to her school. Before she had pretty good friends at school, but always hung out with me on the weekends. Now her friends have become my friends, and there are 7 of us who are inseperable! It was going great until now.

I think it must be hard for her to see me with the people she's been going to school with for so long. Just recently we've been getting on each others nerves and hanging out without each other. So, we talked about it....and decided that we need some just us time.

Haha our friendship is really like a marriage, and like all really strong relationships, you need to work on it. I know we'll pull through this....but we just need to be open with each other. Sounds like the same thing goes for you too.
    --Posted by summer912
    08:07PM EST 04/11/05


    
    Outing
    Plan a WHOLE day where you two go do something fun. Start in the morning by going out to breakfast. Then shopping or a movie. Then back to your house or her house to just hang out, goof around, take pictures with digicams... whatever you two used to do all the time! <3 always
    --Posted by sydneyk
    07:29PM EST 04/11/05


    
    I feel ya
    My best friend and I go to schools 20 minutes apart but we make time to hang out with each other on the weekends. She met my new friends and I met hers...so it's not so weird when we talk about our new friends to each other. Maybe you should let her meet yours and you meet hers, and then on the weekends and stuff hang out with each other. Plus, maybe this will make y'all better friends!! Good luck.
    --Posted by lollipop101
    04:49PM EST 04/11/05


    
    I know exactly what you're talking about.
    Me & my bestfriend have known each other since we were 6 yrs old, and we were our only friends. But as we got older we got more mature and we BOTH started making new friends. I must admit when I saw her with any other friends it'd make me soooo jealous (even though I had other friends too) and she told me she was jealous too. Over time we got used to it, and embraced the new friends. Anyway it's not good to have only one friend. So my best advice to you is to just embrace her new friends have all of you go out together. Maybe she might become YOUR friend. The WORST thing to do is to lose contact with your best friend, 'cause the less you see of her the more jealousy you'll feel. So try to call her everyday, tell her about your friends, and let her tell you about hers, so you'll feel more comfortable about it. Have sleep overs and maybe even invite her friends over too.
    --Posted by atlgirl4sho
    04:00PM EST 04/10/05

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