Sam

I overheard (very clearly) a group of girls talking in school today. One of them, lets call her Alice, thinks she wants to breakup with her boyfriend. Her friends, we'll call Betty and Clare, went on to suggest a course of action

Betty: You definitely should, do it in person and see if he crys, I made my ex cry so much, he got hammered drunk to forget it, what an idiot! And he didn't forget did he?(rhetorical question)

Clare: Yeah, [boyfriend] is a pig, your better off without him. I think you should f*ck him first, and then say he raped you to make some money. You won't have to work at [Coffee Shop] anymore.

Betty: You want his money? That poor bastard couldn't even afford to take Alice to dinner, why did you even go out with him Alice?

Alice: He seemed sweet, but I need to upgrade to a better guy, but how should I break up with him?

Their conversation continued, but I can't stand at my locker forever. I know it's high school, but to say girls just become nice, isn't convincing. Is this how girls talk about men behind our backs. I see women everywhere divorce men to take their money, then upgrade to someone richer, only to take his money. I don't blame women for this, it's free money, and I know men can be horrible people all the same. I just don't know if it's safe to talk to girls about anything real. For any genuine women out there, how many of you are left?

Everyone has them, I see them everywhere. Both myself, my parents and brother still don't have cell phones. Now I for one don't really want one, I don't have any friends to talk to and I rarely leave the house. We've always managed to live without them. People are just so shocked when we tell them we don't have phones. I just want to know if anyone else lives in a household where no one has cell phones and if you find it wrong or strange.

I am a loner, no friends at all, never received a text... etc. But I remember when the Virginia Tech shootings happened, there was an uprise in news stories saying "loners are dangerous," "watch out for the quiet kids" and things of that nature. I understand the same thing happened after Columbine too. I remember that I was avoided by people and at one point an anonymous student reported me to the office because they thought I was up to something, the office then criticized me for keeping to myself and told me it's a "Security risk" and that I need to be more talkative and "normal." So I'm asking you, will you be more cautious around loners? And do you think that loners will be stereotyped as murderers and attacked because of the news?

Every night it takes me until 3 4 or 5 to get to sleep. I go up to bed at 11 or 12. It enrages me that I can't sleep, I've tried exercise, and I've cut away stimulants completely, no help. I've also tried sleep hypnosis and melatonin, both were useless. BTW: I don't have a doctor (no health care) so don't tell me to see one. Thanks for your help.

I have just finished my Junior year of high school and I came to a realization: I haven't had friends for 10 years. In all that time not once have I spoken to anyone my age outside of school. I have never been called or received a text in my brief lifetime. And despite my efforts to be friendly and open minded, no one cares. And just now I realize how sad that is, I have a rare lung tissue disease that will cut my life expectancy to 25-35 years. With my time so short it's like I've missed 10 years of my life, but why? I keep to myself and I don't think I bother people. I don't have any talents or skills, could that be it? Is it the way I look? I don't think there is anything horribly wrong with me besides my lungs. It can't be the disease because no one knows about it. I really don't know, please tell me things that I should be thinking about when I asses why I have no social life. I have to be doing something wrong, I need to know what it is. Thanks

I am 16 years old and on this day 9 years ago I was diagnosed with lung disease. I have 5 to 15 years left (probably 7) if I have no hope for a future am I even alive? If there is a deadline to life there is no reason to do anything: no reason to study, no reason to save money, no reason to make friends, no reason to get better, no reason to dream. I mean if I'm walking to my grave I feel like I'm just wasting resources that real people need. I'm sorry, but I think about this a lot and I just never get to talk about it, I guess I'd just like some opinions. Am I alive? And I don't just mean physically, there's more to life, but am I as alive as other people? (and please I'm not asking for your pity, only your opinion)

I feel like I am being watched through my eyes. Like my eyes are cameras for someone to look through. I tend to look at any place non-specific so they can't identify where I am or what I'm doing. This controls me a lot more than I'd like it to yet, it's more of an annoyance and it's not a constant suspicion. Is there anything I can do to block out my preconceptions?