<pre class="commentbubble reverse" style="font-family: Helvetica, Arial, Helvetica, Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 16px; margin-top: 12px; margin-right: 116px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; white-space: pre-wrap; word-wrap: break-word; background-color: #ffffff; min-height: 50px; color: #333333; border-top-left-radius: 10px; border-top-right-radius: 10px; border-bottom-right-radius: 10px; border-bottom-left-radius: 10px; box-shadow: #cccccc -1px -1px 2px; width: 419px; border-width: 1px; border-color: #c2c2c2; border-style: solid; padding: 8px;">dear alen,
you've encountered a problem like this a while back, but i'm just going to say it because it's something that really bothers me. i'm good friends with someone - who recently went through a bunch of problems, so i feel really awful saying this but it bothers me, and god, for once i want something to be about me and only me and not me being compared to starving kids in china who have a ton more problems than me or not be compared to people who don't even have parents to nag them or fans on wattpad to read their works. but there's this one friend - we don't talk much anymore, not really - and she said she was only following people whose stuff she read so that 'it wouldn't clog up her feed'. she proceeded then to unfollow me and follow a bunch of other people, and i don't know. i read all of my friends' work, i commented on her things for pete's sake but she didn't seem to care. at all. so i just stopped. then she was forced off of wattpad and i felt really awful about the entire thing, but it's been nagging at me and i don't know what to do.
sincerely yours,
supremely bothered.
Hi, Supremely Bothered!
It's okay to be bothered. What your friend did was wrong, at least, I think so. A friend is a friend, and over the internet, there's only so much you can do show your friendship, right?
Also you have to remember that it's not bad to want people to care for you, about how you feel. You can't always go around helping everyone when you can't even help yourself about something. You shouldn't feel awful. What you're feeling is normal, and it's true, you need time for yourself just as much as they need time from you for them.
You shouldn't feel awful, however, about her leaving wattpad. It wasn't your fault, nor was it hers - as you said, someone forced her off of. Leave it as is because her leaving wattpad has nothing to do with you, so I'm afraid it wouldn't be up to you. Keep it out of your mind, at least for now.
For you to be helping your friends is really admirable, especially when you're feeling a little down yourself. But, you need to find time and find a friend who will listen to you. I, for one, will. You can message me all the time, and we can talk about whatever you please.
You know the real meaning of friendship - you are an amazing one. You know what's right and what's wrong, so stand up for yourself and message them, tell them how you feel about what they did. If they're your friends, they'll understand.
xo, alen. </pre>
