..take an active role in your life and choose your friends wisely. Once you learn how to appreciate your uniqueness, you'll find friends with the same like-minded qualities.

gardener friend 
I need advice on whether it is a bad idea to work for your best friend. I am in a really awkward situation and am about ready to quit. My long time best ...

ended friendship over a old love 
It's always been the three off us. Over the years at times one of us has been left out at times. We've all felt it at one point.

We are all 30 years ...

Friend irritates others 
A friend (we are both in our early 40's)and I have become much closer over the past year as our children have developed friendships through ball and we ...

Still Friends? 
So I have this friend that I would consider my best friend. It seems like whenever I want to talk to this friend, I always have to initiate it. My friend ...

Birthday 
I just have a ? About true friendship. My girlfriend and i exchange gifts, on my bday i open gifts in front of person because it is nice to show gratitude....

ianpdilemma 
ive been friends (very close friends) with a guy for over 8 years, and we have been very close and know alot about each other. but since he has been with ...

my long distance friendship...HELP! 
Okay 4 years ago i met this girl and we clicked automatically. she is my best friend and has been for the past four years. but the thing is she lives in ...

my friend is really depressed... 
hi my name is ruth and i have this friend who i'll pretend is called jane. we r both about to go into yr 9. she is really depressed and recently it has ...

I can't stand my best friend's husband 
My best friend is married to a man that doesn't deserve her. Over the course of one year, he managed to drain her savings account without her knowledge,...

I'm in trouble 
Hi everyone. my name is lola and i'm 19 years old. I used to hang out with a group of girls. Well, we used to think we were tight,and caring about each ...

Stuck! 
there are three main groups of girls at my school in 7th grade and they all don't get along, at all. I'm smack dab in the middle and one group is getting ...

Tybee 
We were four friends at dinner last night (females, over 60). Rue and I had discount coupons (buy one, get one) for the restaurant, so I offered to share ...

Who should I beleive? 
I have friends called, J., A., P. and M. yet i dont know who to believe. I have broken up with P. but I do still need her! I feel like she doesnt need ...

I dont know what to do  
my best friend is not talking to me and I dont know what else to do. we've known each other for six years and have been through a lot together. i dont ...

My friend is changing and pushing me away, what should I do? 
My best friend and i have been best friends for 4 years now. We are both in year 10 and go to the same school. Recently we have been arguing a lot and ...

I need help. 
I had a best friend all throughout high school. We were very very close and she was my one true friend. Junior year things got rough, I heard that she ...

lying friend 
I have this friend. Who a few years ago told my friendship that she had a boyfriend, but her guy best friend was in love with her as well. We all believed ...

What to do now ? 
Hi all,
OK well this maybe crazy I am not sure but your input may help me especially from you ladies. First off I've been down and hurt many times and ...

I don't want to hurt her, but she's hurting me 
I have this ex-friend who REALLY bugs me. She's extremely childish and drives me and my best friend up the wall. She follows us everywhere because she ...

Battling Forces of Friends in Love 
I have a very close friend who seems to be falling in love with my ex-boyfriend, whom I've recently befriended again. He and I get along great now, three ...

She's so difficult! 
she's hard to be around with. she always whine about things and it's really irritating cos she whines about the little things. if you'll look at it she ...

tinkerbell 
my husband & i had two sets of married couple friends.they got to know each other thru various social events that my husband & i hosted and we all started ...

I need advice on friendship 
Hello my name is chad and ever since I can remember I always had trouble making friends. In my early childhood in elementary, and middle school i would ...

Best friend is avoiding me 
So I have known this girl for just a few months, i met her in science class at the beginning of the school year. she's pretty cool and we've gotten to ...

Stuck in the Middle  
I have this friend and she is going out with my other friend. I don't really care that they are going out. She has gotten mad at him and broke up with ...

Trapped in the middle- of SIX warring friends! 
I have six very special friends. They're all virtual ones, and only two of them live in America, in fact. They're all fighting with one or more of the ...

Friendship Issue 
I have a girlfriend who I have been friends with since high school (20 plus years) and within the last couple of years issues have arisen that have caused ...

Back Stabbing Best Mate? 
I have been best friends with a girl I've
known for about 2 or 3 years. At the
start we were ALWAYS together and
we went through a lot of problems ...

Not a true friend. 
I have a "friend" who tends to talk before thinking. She always tells me something and panics about what she said telling me NOT TO TELL ANYONE. As a good ...

Bad Swimmer  
My best friend is really good at swimming! Every time we have swimming class the boys are real impressed and the so is the coach. The coach has asked her ...

How should I react?!? 
Here's the situation.

I have had the same best friend, G, for over 20 years. We've shared everything from children to layoffs.

The problem is this....

losing a friend 
Just recently (last year) my best friend discovered the, shall we say, glamour of alcohol and boys. I didn't approve of it and I blatantly told her that ...

I need expert friendship advice.please help 
I've been friends with this girl for more than a year. We were really good friends. She has a bf since 4 years but I used to like her a lot. We are both ...

Please save me from being CRAZY!!! 
Hello everyone, I m very depressed on myself for BEING JEALOUS ON MY FRIEND'S FRIEND. I do not like her to speak to 'John' for long over mobile happily ...

Best Friend not so Friendly anymore 
My bff is a guy who Ive known for 6 years. He is like family. Im married we r all friends.

We have always been close. We would do anything for each ...

My Bestie and I Are Apparently No Longer 'Best' Friends 
Well, I know all us women have PMS, but one day, my bestie left in a big hurry without saying goodbye to me. That made me feel horrible. So the next morning,...

Gossip 
My friend is gossiping about people when they aren't around. The things she says is mean and not true. She also makes up rumors and when she hears gossip ...

Feeling a little left out 
Hello, I really appreciate this advice column. I'm not sure if this falls under the categories that you cover, but if so, thank you very much.

I have ...

It's Complicated 
So. I was with a guy for many years. We met around high school. One day out of the blue I learn that he wants to end it. He met a girl a few months ...

Stinky Friend 
I love my friend! She is very nice and fun to be around but she doesn't smell good. I am afraid if i try to talk to her about it she will be offended. How ...

handling and understanding when it ends 
I'm a 50 yr old male. Recently, a 25 male and I became friends at work about 10 months ago. The friendship was based on are similar jobs and belonging ...

Girls weekend disappointment  Not rated yet
About 6 weeks ago a group of 5 friends got together for a girls weekend and planned out next girls weekend which is in one and a half weeks. I have been ...

What do you do when you're in love with your best friend?  Not rated yet
I'm a girl, and my best friend is a guy. He also happens to be gay, and I also happen to be in love with him.

I thought I'd get over it when he came ...

Stalker Friend  Not rated yet
A girl and I used to be friends. The thing about her: she seems stand-offish at first, then you get to know her and she's really nice, then you REALLY ...

Is Vulnerability Worth Knocking Down My Wall?!  Not rated yet
So basically my entire life has been one struggle after the other it started with my weight and being teased about it all the time. Then i was diagnosed ...

i'm a bad friend  Not rated yet
I really don't know what to do and i don't feel like i can talk to anyone about this...and all these other stories are about people having bad friends ...

triangle mix  Not rated yet
i have 2 friends (jus and james) they are both gay and they have been in a relationship for almost 2years. i been knowing james since the 4th grand we ...

Treated Like Trash?   Not rated yet
me and my friend became very close i considered him as a brother he saw me as his girlfriend he loved me very much he told me every day that he loved me ...

Friendship Delima  Not rated yet
I have two very special friends but they are basically fighting over me!!!!!

the problem is that they have different types of friendships with me!!!

one ...

Forced Forgiveness  Not rated yet
Me and my two best friends got in a fight with our other two friends because we heard that they were talking trash about us. After a long time of denying ...

Being Friends With Someone Three Years Younger Than Me  Not rated yet
Ok,I'm a 14 year old teenager and my best friend is an 11 year old. Do you think she's too young for me?

fighting all the time and me gettin blamed for everythin!  Not rated yet
well me and a friend that use to be really close have slowly drifted apart and everyday is a fight and i so call did this and so called did that and so ...

Not so best friend...  Not rated yet
I have had this friend for years...literally...At some point it was like we shared the same mind. We agreed on almost everything and where we had different ...

paying a price of being good?  Not rated yet
well my friend thinks that i dont let her take care of me and that i make her feel selfish and a stranger as i am formal with her i guess in my thank you ...

LOLA  Not rated yet
my BF sister has wrecked my friendship with BF.
The sister treats me like sh t, has no problem yelling and name calling, emotional manipulative (which ...

lost friend!  Not rated yet
at the begining of he school year i made a new friend. she sent me a friend request but i did not know her. she goes to my school. i added her. we talked ...

Do I Tell Her?  Not rated yet
Okay, my bbf is now bck with her ex. It's great because she loves him but bad because he's not good for her. He is a player. Within 24 hours he broke up ...

Friend or Not?  Not rated yet
My friend has been best friends with me since preschool. Lately, though, we've growing apart. She criticizes me on every little thing. She also gives me ...

My Friend has been saying things about my other friend behind her back.  Not rated yet
My group of friends have always been a trio. My friends are H, M, and the new girl is D. Lately D has been joining in our group for some time now. But ...

Likes more then a friend  Not rated yet
I had a friend named B.G. and we were the best of friends. We rode bikes together and etc.. and then i told him that i loved him more then a friend, but ...

Toxic?  Not rated yet
Need some friendship advice.

A person I became friends with, we have a unique situation because we are both not in our countries of origin which can ...

Best friend and his girlfriend  Not rated yet
I have know my best friends since i was 14,i will call him Jon and we were really close, i was in a relationship which was bad and my partner was mentally ...

help?  Not rated yet
hey recently one of my friends had a friendship problem and idk how to help her.
She is best of friends with another girl called x. she is a playful ...

Blocked out Best Friend and Trust Situation  Not rated yet
Well, a few months ago, I got mad at my best friend because he started to insult me, made me feel like as if though I have to lie to him, and he didn't ...

Im feel like im losing my best friend to her boyfriend  Not rated yet
OK. so my friend has been my bestfriend for 3 years and we had a great friendship up until the point when she got a boyfriend (1 year ago) NOW my life ...

Is it Real?  Not rated yet
I have known her for a the better part of my life and i'm 32.We lost touch once before because she was hanging out with people that i myself didnt approve ...

I think that I need assistance in making sense of this stupid, illogical fight  Not rated yet
I think that I need assistance in making sense of this stupid, illogical fight.

Ok.

This is the first time I acknowledge the fact, more or less.

I ...

Made fun of  Not rated yet
i get made fun of every day at school because they think i get whatever i want but i dont i just am a good reliable student

High School Drama!  Not rated yet
I live in Ohio, and in my school there is loads of drama...even between my friends. People will pick a fight over anything. I just got a boyfriend and ...

So Much Drama!  Not rated yet
My friend kelsey was dating my brother and she broke up with him, then not even 3 days later she's talking to someone else. She's mad at me because i ...

The Social Butterfly and the Caterpillar  Not rated yet
I'm on a year abroad, studying in Europe and live in a flat with 7 people. We're all from different countries. At the beginning of the year I was very ...

Best Friend or Frenemy?  Not rated yet
Over the past year, my best friend and I have been drifting further and further apart. We have always been inseparable. I admit, that she has always been ...

Drama Freak  Not rated yet
Okay, I'm only 13, and my friend lies to me all the time. She says we could go into the local shopping centre together, and when I go to meet her she's ...

What Should I do?  Not rated yet
My very close friend is having a birthday soon - Several days before her birthday, six of us have planned to take her out. I recently have had some issues ...

Am I doing something wrong?  Not rated yet
My so called bestfriend and I haven't been getting along since a huge fight. My friends bday was planned a month in advance and the day before the party ...

Very tough to be a good friend  Not rated yet
Many people get true friend/friends very easily. It is always tough for me from my school days. I have the tendency to believe more the one who gets to ...

Forget me not  Not rated yet
Hello!
In the past 6 months my life has really changed. I used to have a friend who I loved very much and still do. I should probably specify that I am ...

Best friend no longer  Not rated yet
I have a friend who I've known for a very long time, but recently I've noticed she has changed a lot, and not for the better. She has become very self-...

Losing friends  Not rated yet
In 3rd grade, I met one of my best friends. He's a guy, I'm a girl. We sort of started out hating each other, but by 6th grade we became best friends. During ...

best friend or backstabber  Not rated yet
ok so i have been best friends with * libby since 4th grade. she can be really sweet but is loud and an "ALL TALK" type of person. ive liked this boy * jared ...

She doubts my sincerity ...   Not rated yet
Hi there,

I have a young girlfriend whom am very very close with ... we are just like sisters.

Out of the blue y'day she started to treat me coldly....

How am I meant to feel?  Not rated yet
I have this friend who I adore and we're always together. She's been there for me and vice versa but I don't know if I want to be friends with her anymore....

drugs and ex-friends.  Not rated yet
ever since high school, my friends have been partying and doing things they shouldnt be doing. even the people who had no self confidence and would never ...

What should i do?  Not rated yet
Me and my friend were having a talk about her ex whom cheated on her so me and her were at lunch talking at lunch and i rolled my eyes but i was playing ...

what do when your friendship is slowly slipping away?  Not rated yet
my best friend has a boyfriend that i never talk to so it makes things awkward. I never see her without her boyfriend so i feel uncomfortable when i am ...

If someone is truly a friend do they just stop talking to you  Not rated yet
My husband and I went to my friends for a football party, she also invited another women who is a bit eccentric at best.

My husband and I are in our ...

lying?  Not rated yet
I have this friend, we are best friends. This girl was also my best friend's ex-best friend in the past. They've only just started to come close again....