I have a

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I have a

I have a problem.

Rather a big one.

*coughcough*Totallydidn'tstealthatpostbeginningfromSt.*coughcough* 

Wow, that was a long cough there. I must be coming down with something.

Anyway. I have a friend, let us call her G. She's... amazing. We're not super-close friends, but I often wish we were. Basically tied for top scores in our grade, we tend to stick together in classes, working on projects and having friendly competition over test scores. You know, we have the normal friendly squabbles, like today I got .5 less of a point than her on our Science test (normally my best subject) and she was kind of rubbing it in because we both put WAY too much stock in grades (we both know it). But I'm sidetracking myself. We do all our projects together, and sit with one another in classes, and... there's one problem. That might sound stupid.

G is "popular". And I'm not. Like, mega-total-nerd not. I know that shouldn't matter to me, but it sort of sets a few barriers between our friendship. Sometimes it seems like as soon as we exit the classroom, where we're basically best friends, she emerges into school, and suddenly isn't my friend anymore. She's not trying to exclude me, but... I really want to be better friends. And I don't know if she does.

submitted by Abigail S., age 11, Nose In a Book
(April 13, 2016 - 10:35 pm)

back to the Chirp at Cricket

:O!

Oh no! That's bad! First, it sounds like G. is one of those kids who are popular and nice. That's really good. She is nice, right? Anyway, I think that maybe you could try hanging out with her when you're in school. And it's possible she would rather hang out with her popular friends more than you. Or, people just act differently sometimes. 

Try this: if she goes to school, and she wants to hang out with some of her "popular friends," ask if you can join them. Don't push it, though. If she's blows you off, it's time to find a new friend. 

Or, maybe she just wants some space. Like how often do you see her?

I have a friend, and even though I want to Skype with her all day, I can tell she gets tired of it after about two hours or so.

Good luck.  

submitted by The Novelist, The Secret Forest
(April 14, 2016 - 6:17 am)

Thanks for the advice.

submitted by Abigail S., age 11, Nose In a Book
(April 14, 2016 - 7:59 pm)

Please, thread, travel to the top.

submitted by Top!
(April 14, 2016 - 9:11 am)

Yeah, basically what Novelist said. Good luck! *hugs*

submitted by Cho C.
(April 15, 2016 - 10:07 am)

I agree with the Novelist. And friend problems are pretty bad. I have one. I haven't had one like you have yours and I don't really know what to do. But enjoy G. for who she is and not how popular she is and hang out with her as much as you can. Hopefully that helps! 

LB~  

submitted by Lemon banana , age 10 , MT
(April 15, 2016 - 11:55 am)

OMG! The exact thing is happening with me and my friend K! Like, one time, we were talking with our old friend M who moved away, and K told M, "You and I were BFFs before you moved" and I was standing RIGHT THERE! It really hurt a lot. It's like whenever we're around other people, she pretends that I was never in her life. I've been debating to stop being friends with K or not. Please help!

submitted by Bookworm
(May 22, 2016 - 2:06 pm)