I am soooooo sick of all the drama!!! DD12 has a good set of friends both in and out of school but there is always drama, falling out etc (yes I know this is normal!) but most of it centres around one 'best' friend who just seems to want to create all the time! The 'best' friend is continually changing friends all the time, posting stuff on Facebook about her new best friend and having different girls over every night and my DD just accepts it even though it upsets and annoys her I know. Last night DD was invited to a family BBQ with another friend, cue massive sulk from 'best' friend, 'I've been crying to my mum, you never asked me to come out, seeing the photos of you with XXXXX on Facebook broke my heart, you have to choose between me an XXXX etc'!!!!! blah blah blah all this despite the fact that DD's 'best' friend was not in school yesterday anyway and was meant to be ill AND she had different friends over Sunday and Monday and DD never kicked up a fuss. If DD does something with another friend she posts on Facebook about how she needs a new best friend because hers has 'gone' etc etc. DD just ends up smoothing things over with this friend and pacifying her every time but to me it's utterly ridiculous and emotional blackmail really and I just wish that DD would see that this 'best' friend is a pain in the arse and spend some time with some of her other friends who are lovely and much less dramatic! Any advice on how to encourage her to do this? (gently and subtly!)
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MaryRose · 17/07/2013 10:12
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