Since entering school this past year, I've noticed that my friends have treated me differently. By differently, I mean the so-called "cold shoulder," which is in itself an understatement if I ever knew one. It's as if I've committed a crime of some sort, when I honestly haven't. In fact, I haven't been in much contact with most of them over the summer. I realize that the transition isn't supposed to be smooth, but why should it be this rough?
I'm not suicidal by any measure (because of a base of self-confidence that I've developed over the years of my young life), but I can now understand in a slightly more real sense the plight of those who do kill themselves to social pressure in school. I mean, whatever the reason, suicide isn't a reasonable response, but some people just aren't reasonable. Like these so-called friends.
Posted by anonymous at September 22, 2005 3:29 PMI know where you are coming from . . .
Posted by: at September 22, 2005 4:06 PMCommenter #1: I was being serious, by the way. And no, I won't kill myself, for any reason.
Commenter #2: Thanks for the sympathy.
Posted by: The Anonymous Author at September 22, 2005 5:12 PMAlso, I didn't mention this, but the revelation that friends you thought would stay the straight road are now on drugs is morally base-shaking.
Posted by: The Anonymous Author at September 22, 2005 5:20 PMAs you get older you will realise that people change, group dynamics change, for a million different reasons at 20 I was not the same person I was at 16, at 25 I was not the same person I was at 20 and now in my 30's I've developed from 25 but I suppopse 25 was the settling point for me.
Surround yourself with new people accept that things have changed and you will find yourself a little happier.
Posted by: at September 23, 2005 12:11 AMShame, shame, SHAME on commenter #1. I can see being sarcastic and mean when posts of this sort are full of whining self-pity and written in an uneducated, unintelligible manner, but this post was was not one of those.
To the author: Stick to your principles. Drug use does change people, and not in a positive way. If the "crime" you have committed is not using drugs, you don't need these people. Find new friends, I know you can...but consider being there for the former friends when they fall, and make no mistake: certain recreational drugs do nothing but drag you down.
Posted by: at September 23, 2005 7:53 AMFuck you, bobo. Fuck you in your fat ass.
Posted by: at September 24, 2005 7:59 AMDid this guy ever kill himself? Let me know..
Bobo
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Posted by: SpeedCenter at June 10, 2006 2:24 PMHi, guys. It's actually me, and it's over one year later. No, I didn't kill myself, and thanks, all of you, for being there and supporting me at the time. The problem's still there, but I've gotten over it.
Posted by: The Anonymous Author at March 11, 2007 6:05 PM