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Added November 21, 2011

How To Stay Friends

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Dear BeingGirl Experts,

My best guy friend asked me out the other day. We are good friends, and I told him that I don't want to ruin our friendship. Now he is really sad, and I feel really bad. What can I do to make him happy again?

Jolie

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Dear Jolie,

Great guy friends make really great boyfriends. Having said this, I can also tell you no matter what happens, your relationship won't be same once you date one another. It will get weird between you. You are smart to not let it get weird between you.

Teen dating relationships don’t usually make it much past high school. Why don’t your remind him of this? Let him know you value his friendship too much to risk losing it. In the mean time understand rejection is tough on all of us. Give him some time and let him see you still want to be his friend.

Good luck,

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middle skool gurl

Posted October 09, 2012

at school i hand out with a group and they are all my friends but one of them is my best friens and one of my other friends(in the group)are getting jelus and calling me a back stabber and now shes ignoing me.what should i do

middle skool gurl

Posted October 09, 2012

i have a crush on one of my guy friends and we are relly close but im do shour if he likes be back because the other day he said you me thatim like a sister to him sooo should i tell is pleas tell me what you think ....

READY 2KNOW14918

Posted August 16, 2012

IF HE IS SAD HE IS NOT U REAL FRIEND IF HE REALY LOVES U HE WILL GET OVER IT AND KNOW THAT IF U R REAL FRIENDS DATING AND BRAKING UP SHOUDNT HURT U RELATOINSHIP (:

DevilHeart

Posted July 23, 2012

@Girlz R #1 i know it's hard to do but ignore her until you think its time to talk to her

iamnerdy4114

Posted July 16, 2012

Don't let her ruin your day! I am NOT a pro at friends but if she is being mean, IGNORE HER! If she has nothing better to do than be mean and rude to you, she doesn't deserve to have you as a friend! You are better than her already if she is mean! <3

KCOBB

Posted August 05, 2012

Girlz r#1 u should ask her why i'm having the same problem

Girlz R #1

Posted July 14, 2012

I used to be best friends with my neighbor, but now she keeps ignoring me, say rude things to me, and I don't want to be rude to her! What is the right thing to do?

ixoxoonedirection

Posted July 07, 2012

my bf and i just got back toether... for the 3rd time. im moving and im not going to see him next year. but my bff and her bf invited my bf and i to a double date. if we do go, i dont really want to kiss my bf without pressuing my thoughts into "i NEED to have one with him. its now or never". so how do i do it?

ilove me

Posted July 08, 2012

my best friend ask me out the other day and i was so shy to tell him how i really feel about him