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There is a girl I am friends with, but I have feelings for her. We’re not very close friends. I like her a lot. Is telling her how I feel worth possibly losing her as a friend?

YOU ARE ME WHEN I WAS 17. Just for the record, I told her how I felt. It was worth the risk. We dated on and off for three years. She was my best friend, so um, eventually when I lost her it sucked but you said this girl is “not very close friends” so I say go for it seriously.

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So my ex girlfriend who kept saying she ‘couldn’t stand to lose me in her life’ just broke up with me (again) and ended any potential friendship IN A TEXT MESSAGE. She refuses to explain her decision. Am I allowed to be vindictive and demand answers yet?

wtf, wombats? you JUST said you were tired of being angry and tired of bitching about your bitchy ex-girlfriend.

stay the course. there are many more fun things in the world and on the internet than dwelling in the negative space this girl seems to have produced. i mean she sounds pretty lousy from what you’ve said – which is really enough. it doesn’t really matter about how much you might like the rest of her – the bad stuff? that’s HER TOO. it’s not a problem you can expect her to fix, it might just be who she is. walk away. let go and let g-d.

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I had a revelation this weekend while home for holidays. I am in love with my former roommate/best friend, but I’m pretty sure that she thinks of me as nothing more than a friend. What do I do?

b: ‘pine away and then eventually get over it. just don’t do anything stupid.’
h: (singing) 'i can’t make you love me if you don’t.’
b: 'and forcing them to answer to that, no matter how much it relieves you, isn’t really fair to them.’
r: 'be flirty with her and see if she flirts back, and then go from there.’

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my girl is well-seasoned in terms of being out, but inexperienced in the bedroom. she’s a few years older than i am, and i’m more experienced than her. how do i make her feel more comfortable with me?

you do that every single day with her whether you’re having sex or not. build a relationship based on trust, honesty and respect. laugh together and love each other. then go to bed like you go to love.

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how do you feel about cutting people out of your life? Most of my friends are very old friends, but they don’t do stuff with their lives and they all bitch about each other and are never pleased for each others success. I’m scared of being lonely.

you already are lonely, you just have people around you
start moving in a direction. you’ll end up somewhere else, and it will be authentic

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We have a list of things we want to do together. It is a real thing. Like, we made a Google doc. It’s been almost two months. Is this cute or dangerous? (I feel like scrambled eggs)

h: ‘that’s a cute expression.’
ash: 'what the fuck is a google doc?’
h: 'sounds pretty fun, it sounds like you have a fun thing and nobody knows what’s gonna happen, just try it and see what happens. no expectations, just go and do it.’
b: 'start checking stuff off on your google doc.’

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I want to tell someone “I think I might be gay.” Should I say it to: my only lesbian friend who lives 4 hours away OR my gay male friend who I live with? I’m not sad or self-loathing, but I’m just embarrassed to be 21 and still be confused about it.

b: ‘oh god i bet your lesbian friend is so sick of being come out to.’
h: 'her roommate.’
b: 'can you pass the salt, i’m a lesbian.’
a: 'the gay boy.’
b: 'it’s only life-altering for YOU.’
r: 'everyone who is going to stick around in your life will not really care, it will just be another day where you talk about your feelings honestly like all friends should do.’

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