How to Make New Friends

by Quinn Bradlee
Friday, September 11, 2009

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Starting a new school year can be especially difficult when you don't know many of your classmates. I have discovered that one of the best ways to make new friends is to let it happen naturally.

Over the school year you get to know the kids in your classes. sometimes in the ...

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Making new friends
Beth Deblinger
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 12:16 PM
I read your blog about making new friends. I agree that making new friends is hard. From my experience I do not have trouble getting to know new people because I am friendly and a people person. I like to chit chat. I do have trouble keeping friends because of many reasons. It is hard for me to find people who have the same interests as me and share common things with. I have some friends who I love hanging out with but they smoke allot. I have severe asthma and I am allergic to smoke. I get real sick around cigerette smoke and I hate the smell. I also feel like some people are too busy to hang out with me and do not make time for me. I am also very honest some times and a littile too forward and hyper and people do not like that. I see pictures of groups of girls hanging out having fun and when I am out I see groups of girls having fun and I get so jealous. What do they have that I do not have? How are they keeping there friends?

Beth Deblinger

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re: Making new friends
Quinn Bradlee
Friday, September 11, 2009 at 02:53 PM
Thank yo for your nice words. I know exactly what you mean because I use to be like you and then I realized that I do have a problem, but at the same time that it doen't make them any better then me or make me a different person; I just needed to figure out what it was. For me it was that I thought about myself a little too much, but for you it sounds like when people are not talking, they just want to be quiet and not make conversation. It doesn't mean that they don't like you, but I think when you are with you friends, and everybody is no longer talking, then you should wait and let somebody else make the first break of silence. I use to and still do studdy people in all kinds of certain situations. You sound like a great person and you are no different than anybody else.

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