I have this friend.

He's not my best friend, but he's like a brother to me. We hang out all the time. We're close.

And lately, he's taken up the habit of complaining non-stop about my best friend. He talks about how he is mean to him, when he's around, how other people are mean to him, that I ignore him, etc.

And it's like. No. I don't. I give him these long spiels about 'You don't even really know him, he's not mean to you, I don't ignore you, gtfover it already'.

Except I say it nicer than that, lawl.

Wtf is his problem? Seriously. Is there any way I can convince him that he's not a victim here? Because, in all honesty, my best friend is nothing but nice to him, pals around like normal people do.

Also, inb4 'omg he likes you'. This is not true. If it he did, he would have told me, for one, and he's currently got someone he calls his 'future-wife' and whenever he's not complaining that Tyler is mean to him, he's talking about his 'future-wife'.

I hate people like that. I don't even know why he would be doing that, though. Maybe he just wants attention.

Maybe you should try saying it like that. Maybe then he'd listen. XD

Are you really one to decide if your friend is being mean to him? :/ I mean, I can understand your saying you don't ignore him. But the whole matter of being mean is solely between your two friends. You can't know what's happening between them 24/7. What you see as 'paling around' may come across differently to him.

I'd recommend actually sitting down with him and talking about it, honestly. You're close, so it shouldn't be hard. If that doesn't resolve the issue, then you're justified to be annoyed. Otherwise, I don't see the point in your complaining. =/

He is very much an attention whore. But he's a crazycool dude. Our friendship is way different than that of me and my best friend up there, in a good way, and for some reason he can't see that. /:

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I've sat down with him and talked about it. I try to pry a worthwhile answer out of him and convince him that he's mistaking being friendly for being mean somehow. I've talked with both of them extensively, trying to figure out wft's going on. And nothing comes of it. I: And I know I'm not really one to decide, but from what I do see and from what I hear from Tyler - who is literally the most honest person I know - there's no sort of amnesty between them that is purposefully there. I know I don't know what goes on 24/7, but the only class they have together, I'm there with them the whole period through. >:

Well, every person feels different about many stuff. You should ask him if he's okay, how he feels, and WHY he feels like that, and make him give you a GOOD reason :)

I ask him all the time. >: To no avail. He's weird, he keeps giving up the same lame answers.

Ugh. :c

Is this the same guy who has that random hatred of Finland? If so, I don't like him. Finland kicks ass.

He is seeking attention for some odd reason. Mostly I can never see why until I talk to the person about what's going on, but yes, he is an attention seeker.

nonono. 'Hatred of Finland' guy is actually my best friend, lol. Also, I wish I could send you a picture or two of him without being creepy, he'd be a great Norwegian specimen for your manshow. Lawl. But that WOULD be creepy.

I suggest you hand him a box of tampons. He'll get the hint. :D

I've

actually gone there before. He laughed it off. He didn't know I was serious. ]:<

'Eddie... you really... really need to get that sand out of your vag...'

Tell him that he is crazy. Crazy, crazy, crazy.

Tell him there's a time limit before it becomes a pearl. :(

I've started gathering pictures already. If I actually publish this into some kind of book though, I'd do the photography myself. ;D But yeah. I'm starting off with Croatia and Finland. I have travel books for those countries and they're filled with pictures. Good place to start. :P

He'd be great. But he'd be all weird about it. BUT HE KNOWS I THINK HE'S PRETTY, I ASSURE YOU. Because I draw him all the time. ]: Also, he never shuts up about Norway. He fucking. Loves. His own people.

I'd totally travel with you. 0: Remind me to do that in like, five years.

It's probably going to take five years to complete all the countries. D; BUT YOU SHOULD TOTALLY TRAVEL WITH ME. That'd be a blast.

I need to start making a list of celebrities/models I find who would be good representatives of their countries. I'm seriously going to have to try to contact these people to see if they'd even agree to this whole thing.

If I can't find anyone that way, I'll just have to start traveling around. I'M GOING ON A MANHUNT!

Eh, I'd tell him to take most of that stuff up with your best friend and talk to him about it, because if he won't listen to you, there's nothing you can really do about it. As far as you ignoring him.. hmm... do you hang out with him a lot? Do you talk to him on a regular basis? Maybe if it wouldn't be much of a hassle to spend extra time with him, you should try that, but I'd just explain to him that you're not going to be able to sacrifice your spare time and the other things you do in life just to dedicate yourself to him... and I guess the rest of it is something he'll have to overcome on his own. If you've told him multiple times that he has nothing to worry about then there's nothing else you can do.

For the past week or so, I've spent every day after school with Mr Jealousy over there. I definitely don't mind, but in retrospect, I actually spend more time with him than my best friend.

]:

I only get to see the other guy every other day for two periods. He lives too far away, it's really inconvenient for him to come over to my house or vice-versa.

Aha. When you started with 'I have this friend', I thought it was going to be one of those 'I like him, don't know if he likes me' stories, so my response was going to be to run in and type:

JUMP HIM IN THE HALLWAY AND SHEX HIM.

Now, I see that it would be useless to say so. :(

Back on topic, you could always bring a baseball bat to school with a nail through it. When he starts complaining, reach for it. See if that helps at all.

Or, if you're not prone to killing your friends, then maybe if you actually DO ignore his bitching, he'll get the message.

omfg, tell him to sftu

him telling you about it does nothing for anyone!

plugs ears

>.<

drama!