to think I am constantly being made a fool of?

[gluttonforpunishment]

i've always found it hard to make friends but usually the ones i do make are for real. i don't fit in where I live. nobody seems to talk to me unless they want something. one girl in the playground hardly ever talks to me, just my friend even when I am stood there. Yet the other week she came rushing over to ask me if i knew where to get a certain buggy from that she wanted, gave me her mobile number and asked me to text her if i came across one on ebay. Another one only talks to me when Ive got a pushchair she likes and wants to know if I will sell it to her. Then another woman who i have only ever spoken to a couple of times came over and asked me if i knew where to get a matching footmuff and bag in a certain colour for her new grandson. siad she would give me the money if i could buy them for her off the internet. Both of these times I have never done what they asked. I don't see why I should when they don't talk to me usually. The icing on the cake is today, a friend text me asking if she could borrow one of my wii games. I didn't think and said ok and shes just sent her son over with his mate to collect it, but have remembered that they have recently had their wii 'chipped' so i am guessing that right now, my game that I have spent hard earned money on, is now in the process of being illegally copied. If it is i will be funing cos shes also done it without asking me and being honest about it. DH will go nuts. I am just a complete sodding mug. All the time. WHY!?!?

yes unfortunately. i seem to attract it! the trouble is, this friend is about the best one i've got. would she really admit to copying it anyway??

The thing about friendship is that sometimes we do things that piss the other one off, usually without having the slightest clue. And if your friend has copied the game, it's perfectly ok for you to ask her if she has, say that you're pissed off and you won't be lending her another one.

It's give and take. If she really is your friend she'll accept that. And the fact that she pissed you off. And there may be times you have to accept you've pissed someone off and you may have to apologise for it too.

Life is like that - we all do silly things and it's ok to tell someone how you feel, then move on.

as my dp says to me they only take the piss out of you ecause yopu allow them too so i dont talk to them anymore

i went out and made new friends although one friend still has very much of the habit she'll see me when she has nothing better to do now i dont drop everything when she feels she wants to come round even if i havent had much adult conversation i'll say im busy

as always strange as when i need my friends there too busy but i seem to be an open door to the friends needing me

not any more

get out and meet new people be more assertive and dont worry about the people who are acting like idiots

i have alot of people who i talk to that are not friends and handful of tue friends that i know i can count on

her ds bought the game back and i asked him if he had fun playing on it. he said 'ive not played on it yet my dad just copied it' so theres my answer. i wanted to send her a text to tell her i was pissed of but dh said not to. to talk to her. but when i see her next will be on the school run and i dont want to cause hassle in front of the kids

im such a sodding mug. hey everyone, over here. mug here. walk all over me.

supposed to be walking to school with her this morning. im still so cross though. think i'll just be late and not bother walking with her.

Why dpont you say to her... oh your DS said you copied that game - i didnt know you could do that.. can you copy me one of your games in return?

She may not have meant to upset you. Especially if you are good enough friends to see each other most days and walk to school toether then she obviously likes your company (as well as wanting your games!)

Copying games is illegal. This makes me mad...you wouldn't nick one from a shop would you? Why then is everyone so happy to copy them. It's still theft. And be so open with their dcs about it too..I hope you'd be horrified if your dcs were caught nicking games from a shop but what your condoning here is just the same. You're teaching your kids it's ok to steal.
I suppose in ops case at least she had bought the game her friend was copying. At work we have people wanting to return games/cds/dvds etc. and get a refund. You just know they have taken them home and copied them. They don't get a refund btw.

i know its illegal shouldbeworking. thats part of the reason i am so cross.i am not teaching my kids its ok to steal at all. of course i would be horrified if my dcs ever stole anything.

2point4kids she cant copy games for me cos my wii isnt chipped and i don't intend to have it done either. its illegal at the end of the day.

i am just upset that we have spent our hard earned money on games for our children and then people think nothing of stealing them.

i saw her at school and she saw i was upset. she asked what was wrong and i told her i was fed up of everyone taking advantage of me and thinking i am a mug. that it wasnt going to happen anymore and that im just going to look out for myself from now on.

My friend has a chipped Wii and is constantly bragging about it. What she don't understand stand is that alot of the time the chipped consoles burn out. I did suggest this to her and she said "oh it's ok the CHIP is gaurenteed (sp)" yeah but the Wii is no longer under gaurentee (sp again!) cuz you messed with it.

DOH

Sorry Glutton my comments weren't aimed at you. Didn't word that very well did I

Hello - how's it been for you today?

I've just read your message from this morning, when your friend asked you in the playground what was wrong. Did you mention what exactly you weren't happy about? From your reply to her she might not still realise that what she did upset you, and might just be thinking you're having an off day.

It's ok to be specific about what it is you're upset about and who with, rather than try and swallow it up in some vague feelings, which can sometimes just end up confusing the issue.

Hope you're ok