u/CorgiFun9744

Anyone else read the “whale star: gyeongseong mermaid”? What are your thoughts?

Should I get that piercing the second I get 18?
(I Will disclose what I want to get/ the different ones I’ve been looking at since like 14, later.)

Sometimes I wish I were a dark coffee, served in a crisp, clean, generic office coffee cup.

Like I wanna know..
How is it? and what was life like from the start to help
You develop into somebody with this type of attachment.

Light?

A booming thunder.
The anger.

Anger.
I feel.

..It surrounds me,
It’s around me.

It’s me.

I’m the light?
Or is it thunder?

lightning!

It’s the sound outside
Or inside?

In me
At me
At them?

I didn’t want it to be

In me
At me
at them.

Maybe I’ll tear it apart to get at them.

At me
In me
Through me
To me

To the light.
The light…

Light?

Seashell
Seashells
Can u pick me up
And listen?
…

Listen closely
Do u hear the sea?
Can you?

Are you quiet enough ..to …hear it?
The sea?
…

If not, put me back down.

Seashell
Seashell.

Only to those calm enough,
wise Enough…

Only

To those who listen.

17F

So I’m in this class where we got assigned a presentation due in about a month. We could work alone or in pairs.
When the teacher explained it I was finishing an overdue test, so I didn’t really hear everything. My two friends (Red and Blue) were sitting together. For context we also have a semester project in the same class and all three of us chose to work alone for thatso I assumed we’d do the same here.

A few days later, I went to sign up and saw that they had already paired up together.

I wasn’t super upset, just kind of like… oh. That’s a bit weird. Especially since they didn’t say anything to me about it. Since then, they’ll say stuff like “we need to work on our presentation” in front of me, which just gives that they wanted to let me know in an indirect way.
Recently one of them was complaining about presenting too much, and I snapped a bit and said, “At least you have someone to present with. I have to do it alone.”
Now I’m wondering if I’m overreacting because it’s not a huge dealbut it still felt a little off.
Also, now that I’m doing this alone, I really want to do well like actually stand out and get a strong mark. I have ADHD and social anxiety, so presenting can be hit or miss for me

Does anyone have tips on how to make a solo presentation really good or memorable? Like what actually impresses teachers

Hi, I’m a 17F and I’m looking for advice about a friendship situation.

I’m in a friend group of 4 girls: me, “Pink,” “Blue,” and “Red.”

Pink and Blue have been best friends since around grade 8 (they’ve known each other since elementary), so they’ve always been closest. I became close with Pink in grade 9, and we were really good friends then. Red is kind of mutual with everyone—she’s friendly with all of us but doesn’t have that same “best friend” dynamic with one specific person.

Over time (grade 10–11), Pink and I stopped having classes together and naturally drifted. We’re still in the same group, but I feel like I’m more on the outside now, especially since Pink and Blue are still very close.

Some things that have been bothering me:

• Pink posts Instagram stories of just herself (not group hangouts) where she tags/shouts out specific friends—usually the same few people—but never me. It feels intentional since it’s not about who she’s physically with.

• For context, I usually repost people if they mention me, but I don’t randomly put people on my story, so I don’t think I’ve excluded her either.

• In person, Pink and Blue sometimes whisper or have side conversations, which makes me feel left out.

• We don’t really talk one-on-one or text anymore.

There was also a recent situation where they planned a group hangout. I was slow to respond because of family stuff and not being sure if I could go. Pink got frustrated that I wasn’t answering and asked Red to message me to get my attention. I ended up not going and sent a long apology/explanation. Pink said it was fine, but her response felt kind of cold, and things have felt a bit awkward since.

One more thing: some of Pink’s other friends (outside our main group) have said things like slurs before (I’m Black), which made me more cautious around them. It hasn’t directly affected my friendship with Pink, but it does make me more aware of certain dynamics.

Overall, there hasn’t been any big argument or clear issue, and I don’t think she’s a bad friend. It just feels like I’m no longer one of her “close” friends.

does it sound like the friendship has changed? And what should I do try to get closer again, talk to her about it, or just accept the distance and move on

Any advice would help.

Ok so I’m 17F and like it’s almost the end of my grade 11 year and I’ve done things throughout my life and like throughout high school that I feel if I did more of those things would push me to be more extroverted. It’s not like I’m extremely introverted but I think I need to still work on that intrapersonal aspect of myself, in order to fully feel like I can do it.

*I’ve even been taking a sports medicine class since grade 10 ( and you have to go the sport practices and games in case of an athletic injury as well as to also get hours)and I took psychology this year , in hopes to better my understanding of the mind and body (and I’ve always had interest in medicine since I was like 6) and might do sociology next year for grade 12.

Another thing is imposter syndrome like I feel that I’m not at all good enough to do and even compare myself to people in my life who want to go into a compeletly different field, which does any help.
Anyway I just want advice on how do be better ig.

Hi, I’m a 17F and I’m looking for advice about a friendship situation.

I’m in a friend group of 4 girls: me, “Pink,” “Blue,” and “Red.”

Pink and Blue have been best friends since around grade 8 (they’ve known each other since elementary), so they’ve always been closest. I became close with Pink in grade 9, and we were really good friends then. Red is kind of mutual with everyone—she’s friendly with all of us but doesn’t have that same “best friend” dynamic with one specific person.

Over time (grade 10–11), Pink and I stopped having classes together and naturally drifted. We’re still in the same group, but I feel like I’m more on the outside now, especially since Pink and Blue are still very close.

Some things that have been bothering me:

•	Pink posts Instagram stories of just herself (not group hangouts) where she tags/shouts out specific friends—usually the same few people—but never me. It feels intentional since it’s not about who she’s physically with.

•	For context, I usually repost people if they mention me, but I don’t randomly put people on my story, so I don’t think I’ve excluded her either.

•	In person, Pink and Blue sometimes whisper or have side conversations, which makes me feel left out.

•	We don’t really talk one-on-one or text anymore.

There was also a recent situation where they planned a group hangout. I was slow to respond because of family stuff and not being sure if I could go. Pink got frustrated that I wasn’t answering and asked Red to message me to get my attention. I ended up not going and sent a long apology/explanation. Pink said it was fine, but her response felt kind of cold, and things have felt a bit awkward since.

One more thing: some of Pink’s other friends (outside our main group) have said things like slurs before (I’m Black), which made me more cautious around them. It hasn’t directly affected my friendship with Pink, but it does make me more aware of certain dynamics.

Overall, there hasn’t been any big argument or clear issue, and I don’t think she’s a bad friend. It just feels like I’m no longer one of her “close” friends.

My question is:

Am I overthinking this, or does it sound like the friendship has changed? And what should I do—try to get closer again, talk to her about it, or just accept the distance and move on?

Any advice would help.

TL;DR: it’s just to do with friendship drama

17F

So I’m in this class where we got assigned a presentation due in about a month. We could work alone or in pairs.

When the teacher explained it, I was finishing an overdue test, so I didn’t really hear everything. My two friends (Red and Blue) were sitting together. For context, we also have a semester project in the same class, and all three of us chose to work alone for thatso I assumed we’d do the same here.

A few days later, I went to sign up and saw that they had already paired up together.

I wasn’t super upset, just kind of like… oh. That’s a bit weird. Especially since they didn’t say anything to me about it. Since then, they’ll say stuff like “we need to work on our presentation” in front of me, which just kind of reinforces it.

Recently one of them was complaining about presenting too much, and I snapped a bit and said, “At least you have someone to present with. I have to do it alone.”

Now I’m wondering if I’m overreacting, because it’s not a huge dealbut it still felt a little off.

Also, now that I’m doing this alone, I really want to do well—like, actually stand out and get a strong mark. I have ADHD and social anxiety, so presenting can be hit or miss for me.

Does anyone have tips on how to make a solo presentation really good or memorable? Like what actually impresses teachers?

Am I like for feeling weird about this, and also—how do I turn this into a win?