A little something I wrote to perhaps the majority of "friends." Call me a ____.

Pre-College Issues High School Life
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<p>So I'm dreading the start of school. I'm just about sick of everything around me. My sanity is on the brink of crumbling, and I can't help but feel like I'm not going to survive junior year. Here's what I wrote, an address to all my former friends who I can no longer identify with. They don't know that I get the point, but buy, I do. So here goes...</p>

<p>Listen up. Read the whole thing if you know who you are. </p>

<p>Upon much pondering and searching into what I REALLY want in the prime of my youth, I've decided to think about those whom I really wish to befriend. Recently, all I've seen is a bunch of shallowness and materialism, and I can understand that perhaps those elements are part of who you really are. Also, I've begun to feel that the majority of people I associate with only make me feel angry and tumultuous inside. It only makes sense to associate with those who I know I can rely on, but if I'm going to enter a game filled with rounds of judging and distrust, no matter whose fault it is for those coming into play, I've had quite enough of it. </p>

<p>-I feel like I don't even know you all anymore. Sometimes, I feel like I don't even want to know you all anymore because I know I'll only end up getting hurt, angry and confused.</p>

<p>-There's a part of me which feels fake when trying to become better friends with some of you. A part of me feels disgusting, and when I'm being my true self, I know there's just this grand chasm of a difference which can't be sealed between me and some of you.</p>

<p>-Definitely, I have learned that the people who tell me who to be aren't my true friends. The people who tell me to do more of this and less of that really aren't my true friends. You're not trying to be "caring" or "considerate." You're trying to discourage me because you want to see me down and depressed because you know I'm not reaching my potential of being a well-rounded, good person.</p>

<p>-I've also learned that the people who envy you aren't your true friends either. If anything, they'll later use that envy to put you down and tell you to stop doing something so they can take away what you worked so hard to earn.</p>

<p>-Most of you don't like me for who I truly am. I can really tell. I can especially tell when it comes to people who never want to talk to me when I greet them. These people only associate with me when they want something out of me for their own benefit.</p>

<p><strong><em>I'm so tired of developing this ideology that I have to be liked by a lot of people in order to be considered a good person. Unfortunately, I simply don't have the willpower to continue believing in something which I find is absolute </em></strong>***.</p>

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<p>Hm, well if they really aren't your true friends, there's a good chance they won't care about what you wrote in that letter.</p>

<p>Brave of you, though. :cool:</p>

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<p>a lot of times i feel just like you do about my friends, except theres slightly different reasons i don't really like them.
its just, itll sound weird to say this, but they're the types who care nothing about anyone but themself and are too arrogant about themselves and they get really resentful if you do better
so finally i've stopped hanging around them and i feel a lot better
actually its more lonely to be around people like that than to be by yourself</p>

<p>i dont think you should give that letter to them though
if they're as shallow as you say, then they might just make fun of it or something, or at the least they wont really care
if one of them asks you why you're not with them then you can tell them the reasons, but this letter will only make them defensive and hostile towards you
but i know for sure that no one will like being told those things about themselves and they might sort of try to get back at you in some way
you have to be very careful with your words because you dont want to burn your bridges behind you, no matter how much you dislike these people
for example, what if you are put in a project with them, do you think they'll be nice to you during the project? not after you insulted them.</p>

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<p>um..if they really were your friends before, I don't think it'll be the case once they read that. :p</p>

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<p>Do not send it you will regret it. Keep it for yourself to read and vent.</p>

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<p>^ exactly. It's not a good idea.</p>

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<p>in less than 3 months, guaranteed, you'd hit yourself in the head for sending it</p>

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<p>Don't send it. If they're really the way you say, they'll use it to mock and laugh at you and won't care a whit about anything you write. If you made a mistake and they are really your friends, you'll lose them and regret it deeply. </p>

<p>My radical advice is to just stop hanging out with them. No need for a big dramatic profession of your dislike for everything they stand for.</p>

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<p>you'll get over it...</p>

<p>don't send it 'cause you might really, really regret it later, when you get over the blues that everyone experiences at one time or another...</p>

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<p>you're such a drama queen...chill out, it's not that big of a deal. if you don't like them, just stop hanging out with them.</p>

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<p>Everyone feels like that at some point. It helps if you have a friend who feels the exact same way. You rant for an hour, and then you feel okay again.</p>

<p>Don't send that... not only will it sever ties that you might not be ready to cut, it will also probably turn other people against you as well, not just the intended audience of this letter. If those people aren't your friends... oh, well. They're not your friends. Don't suck up to them... just accept the fact that they exist, and will continue to do so. Ignore them if necessary, and continue hanging out and confiding in your real friends.</p>