My best friend has all the luck!

You start crushing on a new-to-school cutie…and he asks your bud out. You get a solid B on the history test you spent all weekend studied for…she breezes through with a perfect score. You make the lacrosse team…she scores the game-winning goal. You...

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How to talk to the popular cutie

I liked this guy since last year, when he wasn't even close to being popular. We were friends but now that he's popular it's harder to talk to him! How do I deal? Hey girly! Teenage years can be hard because social status’ change...

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My crush asked out another girl... right in front of me!

I really like this eighth-grade guy and, for a while, I thought he liked me back. I asked him out, but he said he doesn’t go out with seventh-graders. Two days later, he asked out a popular seventh-grade girl—right in front of me...

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My friends are using me!

My two so-called friends came over and hadn’t been in my house more than 10 minutes when they asked, “Can we go in your hot tub?” I asked my mom if it was OK, and she said something I had never thought...

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I want to fit in... without being someone else

It seems the only way to be popular is to be someone else, and I don’t like that. When I try to be someone else, that someone is usually rejected too. I just don’t fit in with others in the right way. ...

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Do I have to be popular to snag a BF?

I’m not a popular girl at my school. Does this mean I’ll never get a boyfriend in my teen years? HIS ANSWER: “Absolutely not. For most guys popularity isn’t that big of an issue and for the majority of us it...

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Torn between two social circles

My two close friends and I had a huge fight. While we weren’t speaking, I made new friends and became popular. My old friends and I are tight again, but I’m still really close to my new besties. My old...

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I don't measure up to the preppy girls

These girls in my school are really preppy and live in really cool big houses and wear all new clothes. They are nice to me, but sometimes I think they are laughing at me behind my back. Dear Not As Fortunate, It can...

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Every guy I like ends up liking my BFF

My BFF is the most popular, beautiful girl in school. All the guys crush on her even though she doesn’t mean to get their attention. When I like a guy and he sort of likes me, he becomes smitten with...

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I want to reinvent myself next school year!

I’m going to a new school next year. I’m going into seventh grade, and I feel like I need a change. Does going to a new school mean I can change my style and my personality a little? ...

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