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writes: I don't feel my friends or parents really udnerstand it, and I was hoping you would. I feel frustrated because I ahven't had a boyfriend for almost two years now. I am about to begin student teaching and I feel nervous and unsure of myself. I feel my friends don't understand me anymore. I tell them the pressures I have as a student teacher and it's as if they don't care or don't see it as important. They aren't sensitive to the fact I have a ton of work student teaching and want me to go out with them a lot and I have to turn them down because I don't have the time like I used to to hang out. I feel like I have no social life. I feel like cut off from a lot of the activtiies I wish I was enjoying for a person my age. I feel frustrated because I don't have other friends I can talk to at Rowan even in my grad. classes. I hate not feeling close to anyone. I hate that no one wants to be closer to me. It's not like I'm not willing to be friends with anyone, I always try to be friendly and treat people the way I would wnat to be treated, and I don't understand why I am so undesirable to everyone either as a friend or girlfriend. This is driving me crazy and I now am really wondering what is wrong with me. Can you help? Reply to this Question
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reader, Leo Gallagher  +, writes (26 January 2009):
Hello anonymous, thank you for sharing your feelings. I can tell from the few words you have written that you are a wonderful person. You talk about love and making friends. Best of all, you have one of the most wonderfully rewarding careers which is teaching.If you're friends don't understand you anymore, are they still your friends? It sounds like your old friends who may not be as fortunate to have found a full-time career are now insensitive to the fact that you have major responsiblities. Not only are you persuing a living, career and resume for yourself - you are also in the business of helping other children you need your services.Friends are there for each other. They try to understand each other and support each other's feelings. If your current friends aren't doing this, it may be time to find some new ones.
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