Friend or foe?

Your buddies not so ‘real’? It’s time to ditch them. This article shows you how to pick friends wisely

You walk down the school corridor with your best friend, laughing and making plans for the weekend — you want to catch a movie and ice-cream. You have a great relationship. But two days before the end of the weekend, you find out that she has made other plans with someone else ... another girl whom neither of you really likes.

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Well, that’s what you thought. What just happened here? Why is your best friend being so mean to you? Sometimes, your ‘friends’ have some hidden hatred toward you and they hurt you because they feel insecure about themselves. It’s their way of getting back at you. We find out why this is, and why certain ‘friends’ turn out to be more trouble than they’re worth.

The enemy

When you’re young and impressionable, friends come and go. Your best friend may feel that she is more suited to being friends with an older, more outgoing crowd. This will make her appear cooler and more popular. What you thought was a real friendship turned out to be quite the opposite. But that is life — as hard as it may seem.

Try not to let it get you down; there are plenty of other people you could start friendships with. There is a saying that goes, ‘some people enter your life for a season’. And that happens to almost every one. So don’t beat yourself up about losing a BFF because that could be what’s right for you. Imagine trying to make a friendship work, despite your differences. That could leave you unhappy and unfulfilled.

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Signs of a mean girl

 It’s sometimes hard to determine whether you are friends with someone who is true to you, or someone who has other intent ions. Here are some signs:
• She is always putting you down.
• She is never helpful.
• She constantly judges you.
• She is jealous of you and what you have.
•She makes fun of you for no reason.
• She wants what you have— She excludes you from certain parts of her life.
• She bullies you.
• She gets you into trouble.