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Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-20 09:16:51
August 13 2011 21:16 GMT
#1

Thanks for reading if you read it all .

*****
tests
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States160 Posts
August 13 2011 21:29 GMT
#2
Find new friends. There are plenty of people out there in the world...and it is not worth hanging out with people as shallow as those. It sucks that you have known these people for 10 years, but if they were truly your "friends" they would not treat you like an asshole for something as arbitrary as a new person.
Time is money my friend.
SnetteL
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
Belgium473 Posts
August 13 2011 21:48 GMT
#3
Sounds like you've got a terrible taste for friends.
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Deleted User 3420
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
24492 Posts
August 13 2011 21:49 GMT
#4
How old are you?
Sephy90
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
United States1785 Posts
August 13 2011 21:54 GMT
#5
On August 14 2011 06:29 tests wrote:
Find new friends. There are plenty of people out there in the world...and it is not worth hanging out with people as shallow as those. It sucks that you have known these people for 10 years, but if they were truly your "friends" they would not treat you like an asshole for something as arbitrary as a new person.

Yup! Although you may feel like shit, hang in there when in the end this just shows who your true friends are even if you have none left. You don't want to be associating yourself with them and it goes to show how shitty you're feeling right now. If you feel you need to isolate yourself some more, go ahead but you have to know that you need to move on and find new friends. I've felt quite abandoned before and it only just made me extremely emotionally numb and well it sucks BADLY as it left me more depressed than I was before. Hang in there yo and stay strong! Please feel free to send me a PM if you'd like!
"So I turned the lights off at night and practiced by myself"
KhAmun
Profile Blog Joined September 2010
United States1005 Posts
August 13 2011 21:58 GMT
#6
You sound like you're pretty young from the actions of your friends; if this is the case, don't worry your friends will grow up or you'll find new ones, it's just people being incredibly immature.
Baby_Seal
Profile Joined August 2010
United States360 Posts
August 13 2011 22:01 GMT
#7
Have they ever told you why they're shunning you this way? Getting blocked by all of them seems like it could be deliberate, since on facebook (for example), people usually build up long friends lists including people that aren't really friends at all.

Either way, it sounds like they're just shitty friends all-around. I'm sorry you're lonely, but trying to interact with them is going to be like bashing your head against a brick wall. The sooner you let them go, the better. Also, be wary if they suddenly have a change of heart and start trying to be friendly again. I'm wondering if one of them is a group "leader" and is guiding them into rejecting you, since they'll be friendly when you interact with individual members alone. Group-think and group behavior can be pretty toxic.
Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
August 13 2011 22:04 GMT
#8
On August 14 2011 06:49 travis wrote:
How old are you?


Only 15.

Also to the people in the thread make new friends, thats only going to be possible when I really go back to school as I have never really spoke to people outside of school apart from these " friends "
Although in school I am on good terms with all the guys since others and myself think I am aa funny guy. ( girls dont really like me at all since me and all of the guys who are in my class basically annoy the girls like typical immature boys and take the piss, haha )
Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-13 22:09:19
August 13 2011 22:08 GMT
#9
On August 14 2011 07:01 Baby_Seal wrote:
Have they ever told you why they're shunning you this way? Getting blocked by all of them seems like it could be deliberate, since on facebook (for example), people usually build up long friends lists including people that aren't really friends at all.

Either way, it sounds like they're just shitty friends all-around. I'm sorry you're lonely, but trying to interact with them is going to be like bashing your head against a brick wall. The sooner you let them go, the better. Also, be wary if they suddenly have a change of heart and start trying to be friendly again. I'm wondering if one of them is a group "leader" and is guiding them into rejecting you, since they'll be friendly when you interact with individual members alone. Group-think and group behavior can be pretty toxic.


I think the thing that started it off was when I was very good friends with owen and we were basically glued together a guy said we were like brothers or something and for whatever reason he got really embarrassed even though I just laughed it off and said we were as a joke. I dunno man, I think the group are a bit wierd in the way if you ask any of them if they like another guy in the group they just go " err I dunno derp "
Nivoh
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Norway259 Posts
August 13 2011 22:32 GMT
#10
Your previous friends seem like absolute douchebags. :/ I'd forget about them and just interact with all the people you meet once school starts again.
BrTarolg
Profile Blog Joined June 2009
United Kingdom3574 Posts
August 13 2011 22:34 GMT
#11
In the world of the young, those with naturally dominating, extroverted, outgoing and alpha personalities rule supreme.

Yeah, it kinda sucks

You could probably learn how to do it around the age of 18 onwards. Its kinda tough before then unless you learn fast as its essentially an exercise in social manipulation

When people grow up it tends not to happen as much and people can just be friends and get along with each other without all the bs
Heyoka
Profile Blog Joined March 2008
Katowice25012 Posts
August 13 2011 22:45 GMT
#12
People are pretty dumb at 15, shit like that happens a lot less as you get older because the clique-y stuff stops. For me it was in high school but I know for some it takes a little longer.

Fight the good fight brother and press on. And by that I mean just hang out with people who are cool and ignore them if they do stupid shit like that.
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Seeker *
Profile Blog Joined April 2005
Where dat snitch at?37023 Posts
August 13 2011 23:23 GMT
#13
Dude, screw them. If they were your "friends." They would not treat you that way for any reason whatsoever. Only exception would be if you were like an asshole to them, which I doubt you were.

Screw them. Make new friends. Don't beat yourself over this kind of stuff.
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Golden Ghost
Profile Joined February 2003
Netherlands1041 Posts
August 13 2011 23:33 GMT
#14
Sucks to hear. Peer pressure in high school can be so ugly. You have to remember that in the end all you need is 2 or 3 really good friends and the rest is bonus. It's really though if you are suddenly shunned by the whole group. If possible at all try to contact your best friend(s) from the group to go do something. Without the whole group being present there is a good chance they will still want to hang out with you (unless they are really spineless).

Anyway good luck with it.
Life is to give and take. You take a vacation and you give to the poor.
Kalingingsong
Profile Joined September 2009
Canada633 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 01:14:31
August 14 2011 01:08 GMT
#15
I'm not sure if I agree with the people who says it gets better after high school (there's no reason why it wouldn't continue into university etc). I guess it also depends on where you are. But I do think once people enter the workforce, reality will start hitting them a lot harder and they are forced to wake up.

or u can pick up some new interests etc. expose ur self to some new activities [they might seem boring at first but become interesting afterwards]
Dess.JadeFalcon
gameguard
Profile Blog Joined March 2006
Korea (South)2131 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-08-14 01:12:12
August 14 2011 01:09 GMT
#16
play some ball or skateboard or whatever and try to make some friends. Who knows there might be some cool dude who share your interests. Or you can just play games all day until school starts haha. God knows I spent a shitload of summers and even schoolyears playing games. You can make a bunch of online friends.. but online friends are just that. Dont like get trapped in the internets or something. True friends with no bullshit are a treasure.

As you grow older, you will make many friends, but probably most of them will be acquaintances rather than true friends. Be cool with everyone but dont take it too hard if some of them end up being retarded.
Hamster
Profile Joined July 2010
United Kingdom156 Posts
August 14 2011 01:14 GMT
#17
ye this kinda happened to me. people change and especially in secondary school, every lunch break, i socialise with a group of friends but eventually new guys join that circle and everyone started to pick on me. it sucks but i found myself going library more (being alone), playing games more and socialising with game friends! and i prefered it. I also joined different clubs and made new friends. so yea growing up can be harsh but try to find a way to be satisfied with urself. the world is full of people, u jus gotta find them ^^
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
August 14 2011 01:27 GMT
#18
This is a good opportunity to learn zen and the art of not-giving-a-fuck. Kind of like Hesher.
KTY
ssi.bal-listic
Profile Joined October 2010
United States568 Posts
August 14 2011 03:49 GMT
#19
good luck bro and im sure u'll find better friends. Also, think really hard if it was ur fault or their fault or both. It's all up to u. u can either go try to confront with them directly or just say "f u too"
hope everything works out well
"It's not who you are underneath, it's what you do that defines you" "The strong one doesn't win, the one that wins is strong"
ligas
Profile Joined May 2011
81 Posts
August 14 2011 04:39 GMT
#20
i wouldnt worry too much. i mean if that was the only reason (you liking starcraft) why they shut you out then you just had shallow friends or what you thought of as "friends" were really just acquaintances. finding real friends is actually quite hard, you have to sort through so much 'fickl-ity'(?) to find em. dont limit yourself to dudes; i was extremely surprised that i found gay people and girls to be much more pleasant to be around with.
BigFan
Profile Blog Joined December 2010
TLADT24920 Posts
August 14 2011 05:13 GMT
#21
Just hang in there, once school starts in a couple of weeks, you can make new friends and hopefully everything will work out
Former BW EiC"Watch Bakemonogatari or I will kill you." -Toad, April 18th, 2017
zeOllie
Profile Blog Joined May 2011
Australia486 Posts
August 14 2011 05:35 GMT
#22
Well I'm not in the exact same boat as you but when I moved cities I moved into year 7, and it was very hard to socialise with people. Just consider making a new start, join various clubs (e.g. sports or social youth groups or something) and make new friends like everyone else said. Your other friends are obviously jerks or have serious peer pressure problems.

anyway good luck
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Bobo_XIII
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
United States429 Posts
August 14 2011 05:51 GMT
#23
Man, this exact same fucking thing happened to me years and years ago when I was in 8th grade, and it fucking massacred my psyche for pretty much the rest of middle and high school. I had this clique of friends that were pretty tight knit with eachother, always 'having eachothers' backs' and shooting the shit and being the asshole juvenile middle school boys that we were together.

7th grade was probably the highlight year of all my years in school prior to college. I remember being on the sickest emotional highs and enjoying, for once in my life, the fruits of having an active social life. Well, in 8th grade, for WHATEVER FUCKING REASON, these dudes decide to do the exact same shit that is happening to you. There is nothing more lethal than a group of supposedly trustworthy people giving you a mass cold shoulder. It scars you more than a mafia-style beatdown. They followed it up with direct insults, and I was known as 'loner boy' or 'that kid with no friends,' and I basically collapsed into myself and remained a relative outcast for the duration of my time in that high school (we moved in 10th grade).

I've become convinced over the years that kids will be kids, and kids are fucking assholes at your age. I know fully well what you are going through and completely sympathize. My advice to you is to get them out of your life, and know that you're in the midst of the social gauntlet that is middle/high school (I wonder if my perspective on middle and high school is a bit extreme?). There are still plenty of other caring people out there who are worth your time and effort, even if they aren't on the surface the coolest cats on the block. Make new friends, move on with life, live long and prosper. Shit, at the rate ESPORTS is growing and being more or less 'accepted,' you'll be able to meet people solely online that live around you and recreate an entirely new badass posse of people that all legitimately share the same passion.

If you ever get strung up over this shitty situation and need somebody, anybody, to talk to, feel free to send me a personal message. I hated not having a soul to confer with when this was happening to me.
There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, and the vermin of the world inhabit it... and its morals aren't worth what a pig could spit, and it goes by the name of Reddit.
Geordie
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom653 Posts
August 14 2011 07:50 GMT
#24
Thanks alot all.
zerglingsfolife
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
United States1694 Posts
August 14 2011 08:07 GMT
#25
Fuck them. Get new friends. If they want to be your friend again, they need to earn it.
Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crown and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness.
FFGenerations
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
7088 Posts
August 14 2011 19:44 GMT
#26
watch jackie's recent film about a lonely child who befriends a kung fu master and gradually finds his own path
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