i felt like an outcast today

[kelse]

all of my friends didn't really notice i was there. when i first came in one of them said hi but then just walked away and started asking people about this test we had today. then she told me i was in a bad mood, i wasn't actually it was just that ii wasn't talking a lot because she kept talking over me. and throughout the day i could see my group of friends all talking together, and they didn't really include me. in class one of them walked away from me and left me by myself to go talk to somebody who was surrounded by people, she didn't come back for about 20 minutes, and she told me she would only be 5. after that i got really annoyed with the way they were acting, but i didn't say anything. then at lunch they just talked about the hunger games for the whole time, and i'm not interested in it. sure enough, they like it but they could have at least tried to include me by saying what the book was about. after that i was just kind of in the background, nobody really noticing me, and it made me really sad. usually i'm quiet, but i've never been ignored this much, and the girl who gets my bus was kind of mean to me today. she started saying bye to me and everything, i think she meant it as "go away". i never really liked her, she's always seemed kind of mean, but today she seemed even worse because her friend was getting our bus aswell, i think she was trying to show off. i really don't want to be like this tomorrow, i've been sad all day because of this

[*hippiepride*]

I'm sorry you had to feel this way, I know how you're feeling. You don't deserve friends that treat you like that; nobody does. Maybe you can try going directly to them and ask about it, and make sure they wont just walk away. It might be a whole different problem they're having with you. Did you do anything to make any of your friends mad at you?

[Chris.]

I'm sorry to hear about your bad day.

I think that maybe you are looking alittle to into this. We all have days were we seem to be ignored, or EVERYTHING seems to go wrong but in reality everything is fine but we just escalate everything to a bigger level in our minds. We all have bad days!

The best thing to do, is to go into school tomorrow and just be who you always are. Don't hold grudges from yesterday, because that will only make it worse. Try to be more involved in the conversation, and if they talk about hunger games, ask questions like 'What is the main theme of the book?'. Being all quiet will only make them (or make them 'seem') like they are ignoring you more. Be alittle more outgoing.

Other than that, I think its best if you make new friends (but still keep the ones you have!). Just extend your horizons alittle bit more! Don't restrict yourself to only that group of friends. Start simply saying hi to new people - and get to know some more classmates. Once you build new friendships (which will take time), if your one group of friends start to ignore you again (or you think they are) then you are able to go hangout with your other group of friends! Don't limit yourself to only one group!



Best wishes,
Chris