Rants and Other Things

Of Friends and Other Things

Okay, so my friends back home are currently fighting, and they decided to do that in our group chat and now I get messages constantly...
But it's actually a really stupid fight! Like, something middle-schoolers would fight about!
So, one of our guy friends invited all of them to his birthday except for one, and the others tried to hide it from her when they found out because they didn't want her to be angry about it. But now she found out and is angry that they lied to her and that he didn't invite her. (He doesn't really like her, but she thinks they're friends.) And then she asked him why she wasn't invited and he said "it's because of a certain reason" and she thought one of our other friends had said something bad about her to him and so on and so forth. But, let me ask you this, WHY????

I am really trying to make my friend feel better because she is actually a great person and I love her to bits, but she's just a kind of person that feels the need of being liked by everyone. And I'm not exactly an expert when it comes to cheering people up. (I once told a friend after she was sad over a breakup that the upside of it was that at least it was better than when she broke up with the guy she had been with before and then she stared crying... Yay me! 🎉)

But being away from home now has made me realise a bit more how great my friends and family actually are (wow, I make it sound so dramatic x) it's been three weeks, and I really don't feel homesick in the slightest, is that a good sign? I suppose so), so I'm trying to tell my friend who is angry at the rest of our little group that she should give it a couple of days to calm down a little and then remember that they're actually pretty awesome friends and she always ignores me when I say it or changes the topic. Here's to me trying to be helpful!

Seriously, though, just take a minute to appreciate your friends really right now, okay? Because friends are honestly one of the greatest things in life. Maybe they don't always last forever, but the good memories do! Currently, I don't really have friends. I mean, yes, I have all my amazing friends at home and on the Internet, but they're all hundreds or even thousands of kilometres away. Here, I have Spaghetti, and don't get me wrong, she is awesome and we get along really well, and the people at my school (did I mention we got tablets from the school today? How cool is that? We can even keep them if we fulfil certain requirements!) are all really nice as well. I have people to hang out with during breaks and stuff, but they're not really my friends yet, you know? I wouldn't entrust my deepest secrets to them, I wouldn't do anything crazy with them and laugh and cry and be silly. In front of them, I wouldn't almost start crying because I finally have a chance to quote the 10th Doctor in a French exam ("Allons-y!" - yes, this really happened, I had been trying to do that for two years and it worked at last. I kept that exam.) So appreciate your friends, and think twice about why you're angry at them when you're fighting and if it's really worth it.