I'm 13 and I have some great friends at school. I get on with them and everythin, but I don't feel as close to them as you should feel with a best friends. I would not be able to say which ones of them I am closest to but there is noone that I feel 100% close to. Am I expecting too much from a friend or what. I just feel that I need someone that I can always depend on and can be my complete self around. I'm just not saying I wouldn't consider them as friends, they are great friends, there are just not as close as i feel i need them to be. Any advice??
2006-10-13 09:51:32 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
By the way im from england and dont understand the american school system. In England I'm high school.
2006-10-13 10:01:04 · update #1
maybe you just have not found that true friend yet. you are only 13 and you have pleanty of time.
a best friend is great, i used to have one, but things change, your best friends are your family... they will always be there unlike friends
2006-10-13 09:53:52 · answer #1 · answered by jugglaman 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
some places in the U.S. have four years of high school, My high school was four years. And Real, close freinds, are hard to come by. I am much older than you, and have had, maybe, three people in my whole life, that I would call real freinds. Even spouses dont always have your back. You will know, though, when you have made a connection with someone in the way you are talking about. You might even have fights with a real freind, but you know they are true to you.
2006-10-13 17:09:45 · answer #2 · answered by Big hands Big feet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly what you mean. I don't feel that any of my friends are really close to me. I feel like I am a better friend to them than they are to me. Actually, they agree with me. They tell me that all the time, that I am a better friend to them than they are to me. I always feel like they are ignoring me or something. I just get over it and seem to still be friends with them. I just feel ripped off because, like you, I don't feel like I am 100% close to them. I guess there is nothing to be done about it. Also, over the years, your friends change all the time. You may end up with one or two "close" friends that follow you through life.
2006-10-13 16:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by NORTH WEST 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not really. Maybe your intuition is right - you're not ready to get too close to these people - even though they are nice folks. You just need to get to know them better. Maybe after that, you'll feel better. Until then, just try to be yourself, and let yourself go a little around them - that way, the ones who you can trust will flock to you, to bask in your glow!
Good luck!
2006-10-13 16:57:01 · answer #4 · answered by gatesfam@swbell.net 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
One day that one best friend will come along. It may not be today or tomorrow, it could be in high school. My best friend came when I was a senior, but we are still friends today after 26 years
2006-10-13 16:54:55 · answer #5 · answered by lpdecca 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to make new friends, the right friend will come along and then you will be fine. Still keep your other friends, just make new friends too:)
And by the way jackie m, how the hell can you be too young to have a good friend?? retard. i had a really good friend since birth and i'm her age,i'm also in love with a guy. seriously, no joke. youre never too young to be in love or have a BEST FRIEND. dont listen to her, shes a skanky little retard.
;;sarahâ¥
2006-10-13 16:54:36 · answer #6 · answered by ○◘•DaNdAnA•◘○ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you are too young to want that close of a friend. Enjoy being a little kid that can switch friends everyday if you want to. Once you get a really good friend, and then you have problems you want to get rid of them. Then it is really hard. So just enjoy being a kid.
2006-10-13 16:54:07 · answer #7 · answered by ~Happy~ 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
best friends are hard to find. but just cuz you feel not close means you could feel a little scared. just let them in and youl see.
2006-10-13 17:00:33 · answer #8 · answered by i am the dream u r the dreamer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try opening yourself up to them more. Maybe you will find that you can be more of yourself with them than you realized....
2006-10-13 17:14:16 · answer #9 · answered by Couple of Cents 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋