I’m 17 and have struggled with friends since middle school. In 8th grade I cried during PE because I had no one to hang out with. It’s gone up and down but lately it feels worse every day.
My current friend situation: My old BSF Alex and I had a falling out, we cut him off, he apologized but we still cut him off and now he has a girlfriend and his own friends and that chapter feels closed. Marcus is around but he’s surface level, not someone who’d actually be there for you. Tyler and Ryan have their own separate friend groups and treat us like a backup — they’ll cancel our plans to hang with their main crew without hesitation. Ryan even made fun of me on a call once saying I have no friends my own grade. Jake is the one I’m closest to but he’s a loner, socially awkward, and two years younger so he can’t even come to senior events.
Prom, grad nite, after prom are all coming up and I genuinely have nobody to go with. My brother has an amazing friend group, always has plans every night, and watching that every day hurts.
I also go to an online college next year so I’m scared this never gets better.
Anyone been through this? Does it get better?