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Thank you for your understanding. Lifestream-yes, it does hurt so much because, as you say, I have so few sources of solace. I am in three other groups but rarely communicate on a deeper level with the people there. Northern Lights-you could well be right. Maybe her life might be not as full...

Thank you for replying to me, lifestream. I'm sorry that your sister is like this as well with you. Maybe you are right and people who do this are deeply unhappy under the surface. I don't know whether I will go back to the reading group any more. I feel too hurt and confused. It is held...

I went to a reading group last Saturday which is held only about 3 or 4 times a year. I was talking to one of the others and she mentioned that she had just turned 70. I was surprised as she looks about 62 or 63 and I asked if she had always looked young for her age and I mentioned her nice...

There is no way at all that you are a 'sad loser.' This girl is the real loser as she didn't appreciate the friendship you offered her. She could only do her schoolwork because of your helping her-if she doesn't find another person to use, she will start failing her courses. She is such a...

Hi op, I feel the same way. On one hand it seems like such a simple thing to want but on the other hand finding it is so difficult.

I ended up 3 weeks ago exploding while on the phone to J, when she started praising everyone except me and also was nasty and put me down about other things in my life. Told her she was unappreciative and I felt used. We are still friends, but I could never feel really close to her again. I...

Yours is a difficult situation and I sympathise with you. There are some points I would like to bring up. You wrote that you left Indiana 18 years ago, so if you were to go back, things would be different there than they were back then. It is possible that you might find the happiness and...

I am good at faking pretending to be happy as I have a lot of practice. Faking being outgoing I find much, much harder and can only do in very short bursts.

Do you have any firm plans such as having a job or college place lined up and a place to live when you get there? Making the move would be easier if you have something to go to.

How do you and your parents get on together? Is it possible one of them said something which could have put her off? The reason I am asking is that my mum always put me down so I am wondering if your folks are the same?

I am also an only child and have wished for siblings many times, both in childhood and as an adult. Although many people with siblings don't get on with them very well, there are others who could not manage life very well without the closeness they share with their siblings. The hardest things...

Thank you both for your supportive replies. I am still confused and unsure about what to do next in this situation and will write more later.

Three weeks ago I was to meet a friend J in town, but she didn't show up.  I tried phoning her several times on getting home and got no reply. So as she is diabetic and elderly I was concerned and I phoned another friend C who took me up to J's home in her car. The place was dark and quiet. C...

Your family sounds pretty awful, to be honest. I think often we can get stuck in a role in a family and the other family members see us in one way which is no longer (and maybe never was) the truth. It is good that you are soon moving away where hopefully you will meet other people who will...

Happy Birthday, Lonely Sutton. I'm sorry that it isn't a good one for you and wish that a group of us from ALL could be there to celebrate with you in person and I would certainly help you eat your cake:-) It is my birthday soon and I will be buying myself a cake too.

I agree with van0994. It isn't a flaw, it is part of who you are. Many people value someone who is an 'open book' as it means that they can be real with you as well. As long as you ask people about themselves as well so that they don't feel like a sounding board all the time, you are fine as...

Would it be possible for you to transfer to another school?

I'm really sorry you are having such a rough time in school. When you say you are marked as 'dangerous person to be associated with' do you mean that others avoid you as they think that being your friend would mean that they would targeted for bullying too? If so, I think that this is one of...

Hello PixiePalace and welcome to the site. I hope that you find on here some new friends. Wanting human contact and connection is a basic human need so you are not being 'pathetic' at all. We all need to feel that we matter, that someone cares about us. You won't be unnoticed or ignored here.

I'm so glad to hear you are fine. Hope the couple of tests go well for you too.