Okay guys, this is not a joke. My friend is 19 and still in tenth grade because she has "too much to do that doesn't involve school". She's "pressured" into sex with multiple partners (unprotected), and yesterday she says she was "peer pressured" into smoking weed for the first time in two years. Honestly, I don't believe in peer pressure - no one can control YOU but YOU - right? I mean, people have tried to "make" me smoke weed all my life, and I've never touched the stuff - I've had past boyfriends try to "make" me have sex with them - I'm 20 in June and still a virgin - and on top of that - I'm going to be graduating next wenter with my B.A. in Fashion Design and Business Marketing - I don't understand how she blames other people for her downfall! What can I tell her to make her turn herself around because this situation is just sad!
2007-04-09 14:51:30 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
I found a typo. I'm graduating next winter not wenter lol
2007-04-09 14:55:00 · update #1
couple things
peer pressure does it exist, its not like mind control nor is it forcing someone to doing something. peer pressure is when your peers tell you to do something and you are influenced to do because they are your peers and you feel like you have to to be cool and **** like that
second shes just using peer pressure as a excuse to justify her doing it, people are asking or telling her to do things she wants to do and she goes and uses that as the excuse as why she did it. for example her saying " i smoked weed just because they peer pressured me too." is just her trying to put the blame on her friends and make it seem like she had no control.
2007-04-09 15:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suggest that you try to apply peer pressure from YOUR good stand point. It does not seem to have helped does it??
She seems to prefer the immoral and crazy style of life. You cannot change her decisions. Her past family life may be influencing her. Is there alcoholism around her? She could go to the 12 step program for friends and relatives of alcoholics called Al-anon. It would help.
May I also suggest that you give up this friend, and allow her the dignity to mess up her life without your interference? She may 'hit bottom' faster if you are out of the picture.
2007-04-09 15:18:28 · answer #2 · answered by thisbrit 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when i was in school i applied peer pressure and today im sorry for all that i did to the weak people in school. tell your friend that women are stronger than men and that she dont have to do that stuff any more stand on your two feet and just say no.
2007-04-09 15:05:56 · answer #3 · answered by william w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peer pressure does exist and sadly enough, some people aren't strong enough to stand up to it. Pray for her.
2007-04-09 14:56:17 · answer #4 · answered by MK4JCGirl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋