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Last week, Miss Popularity said:
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"Being Cool Is Not Fun.
I've always been popular with everyone because I like to be different and have lots of friends. People call me "cool," but every time I hang out with different people they say I'm weird. My best friend gets jealous of any new person who comes to our school, and I always make the new person feel welcome and like to make new mates and keep the old ones too. But it's annoying because the new girl is nice and they call her names. She likes to link arms or touch my back but I even feel uncomfortable with it. What should I do?"
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209 SmartGirls replied:
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It's great to be nice to "outsiders" and new people, but if the new girl you're talking about here makes you feel uncomfortable when she touches your back, kindly let her know. Stick up for her to your friends, letting them know that just because she's different, doesn't mean she's weird. |
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If the friends you have are important to you, and you don't want to lose them, continue to be nice to new students, but don't necessarily to spend all of your time with them. |
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If your friends are jealous of new people in your group and don't want you to be nice to new people, maybe it's time for new friends. You seem popular and "cool" enough that you could have a new group of friends who, similarly to you, want to be kind to people outside of your group. |
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It's always good to befriend new people who may need a friend, and that is probably part of the reason you're known as "cool." Continue to be kind to people outside of your group, even if your friends don't like it. |
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