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From: (Not Displayed) Received: 1:10 pm on Sep. 5, 2008 Return to Inbox
Subject: I really need help addressing my
I am part of an extracurricular student leadership team, and part of what we do is split up and go to elementary schools to teach kids about drugs, alcohol, and making good choices.

Today, our class of 40 or so students got to choose our small groups (the groups we'd be teaching in) of 4 people. We also had to sign up for a small group of 3 people for different days. 2 of my friends turned to me and asked if I wanted to be in their group. I said sure, and one of them went to sign us up.

When we were in line for snacks later, our teacher reminded us to make sure we'd signed up for BOTH groups - the 3 person as well as the 4 person. I turned to my friend to double check that she had indeed signed us up for both, and she goes, "Oh. Well I signed us" indicates herself and another friend "up, but I don't think you're on there yet." I come to find out that they only meant for me to be in their group of 3, and that they had signed up for the group of 4 with 2 other people without letting me know.

So I go over to the sign up, and the only group left is with 3 guys. So I had to take that one.

The thing that makes me so incredibly mad is that my friends didn't seem like they cared at all. No one asked me, "hey, so did you find a group?" or anything of the sort. I mean, I know that if our positions had been reversed, I would feel bad. I'd try to make sure they got into another group. They didn't care either way. And when they asked me to be in their group of 3, it was as a last resort.

They were like, "fine you can be in our group, I guess". These are what I thought were my FRIENDS.

But looking back, they've always treated me like this, and I'm so fucking sick of it. I am. I would have called them on it today, but it wasn't the time nor the place, with 40 people around and at a peer leadership meeting nonetheless.

So how do I "call them on it"?ust next time I see them drop a casual line like, "hey, I didn't appreciate how you guys...." Would that be weird, if I do it on Monday when the event happened today? text or something maybe?ow do I word it when I have the conversation with them?ny help on this would be greatly appreciated.

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I dont know if youll be happy with this short answer, but its the truth.

What happened to you, happens to EVERYBODY. It feels bad, but its not that your friends didnt care, its more due to them just not thinking.

It sucks now, but youll stop caring and build a bridge and get over it. Thats what friends are like. It happens to me to, but then Ive found myself doing stuff liek that to other people without thinking.

I think you should drop it, and forgt about it and move on. I promise you that what youre thinking isnt really what happned.

PM me if yu need to. Its a horrible feeling.



Posted at 2:10 pm on Sep. 5, 2008

They don't sound like very good friends to me either. I think that the best you can do right now is talk to them about it. Maybe they did not think that the whole picking groups thing was a big deal. But if they have always treated you like they don't care, then maybe you should ditch them. That is up to you to decide. I can understand why you would be angry. I have never had friends that acted like that around me. If my current friends were to do something like that, I'd probably react in the same way. I'd be angry, and I probably would not address them about it (even though it would be the right thing to do) just because I have so few friends and I don't like to feel alone. lol

Yeah, I think that when you are with them in private, you should say something casual like, "So why didn't you guys sign me up to be in your 4 person group?" I don't know if you can expect honest answers. If they shrug it off, then be persistent and explain to them why you feel what they did was wrong or at least tell them what type of impression you were getting: that they didn't care about you.

I wouldn't start out too seriously at first because it might shock them, that type of topic and attitude coming out of nowhere. Ease into it. Hopefully they will understand where you are coming from. But if you keep getting this impression that they don't care about you, that they aren't really your friends, then don't bother with them anymore. Don't waste time pretending that these people really care about you if their actions clearly show they don't.

Posted at 1:44 pm on Sep. 5, 2008

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