I need some advice....

[lodirulz]

Ok, so I am 13 years old. I'm in 8th grade, and my best friend recently moved because of a transfer a little over a month ago. He was funny, creative, and could listen to any of my troubles. And he was one heck of a friend.

But that's not the problem I have. The problem I have is my current friends. Let's take a look at them without mentioning any names. I have four:

1. Headbutts lockers, and fails at almost every class. I'm not joking.

2: Makes fun of the friend above, and always talks about very......"Interesting" things.

3: Has a heated past with me, and loves this girl that already has a boyfriend. Wants the boyfriend out of the picture. He's the more normal of the four.

4: Barely speaks. At all.

I just kinda don't feel right around them. Some act like freaks (1,2), Some get kind of creepy over a girl (3), and some barely speak....(4)... I'm not that much interested in girls yet, but I want to slowly start hanging around with them and make new friends, but I don't feel like I have a good future hanging around with my current friends. Should I still hang around with them? Should I slip away form them?

What do you think?

[darthalexander]

If you want to start meeting new people, go for it. You don't necessarily have to cut ties with your old friends, you can look for others at the same time. People change, so these pals of yours may not always be this way. I know there were times in school when I couldn't stand my friends (and I'm sure the felt the same about me) so don't give up on them just yet.

It sounds like you want to broaden your horizons and that's a good thing and should be encouraged. Just don't completely get rid of these though. You never know - things may change.

[i.Sarita.com]

School sucks. It's really hard to make new friends when everyone is already in a set group of friends. I guess just put yourself out there and hope for the best.

[Predator McBroski]

Bro, I've been there. You don't want to be known as the kid who hangs out with the failures, I made that mistake.
The way I fixed that up was that I looked for people at my bus stop and tried to click with them. Fortunantly, it worked, and I was now known as the kid who tackled every kid in town in football, town weighlift record holder, and the kid who got 100 touchdowns in a season. I got all that by stepping out of my comfort zone (blame Aspergers lol) and made new friends. It only takes one thing to be the "loser" kid to a "popular" kid.