Feeling awkward when a friend comes over!!!! Need help!!!?
So me and this girl (we're in our teens) have recently become friends. She moved to my school last year and since then we have been friends. She is seriously like my best friend now. I always have fun with her. However, I can be kinda shy/awkward sometimes. So she comes over to my house a lot before we go with all of our other friends cause she lives far away, and whenever she does, it's like I don't know what to say or do. We end up watching tv forever which is so boring and I can kinda tell that she gets bored sometimes. She comes to my house a lot though, so obviously it's not terrible here, but it is a little awkward. I am fine when I am at her house or with bigger groups. Maybe it's just that I feel like I have to do so much cause it's my house? Idk... I just need some ideas for what to do, like activities or things to do. Please help!! I just want to have fun with her! Please don't tell me to be myself or if i feel that way maybe we're not that great of friends, or stuff like that. And also I ask her what she wants to do all the time, but she'll just say I don't know. so please help!!
I have a friend who I never feel awkward around but when it's just the two of us together she tells our other friend she feels weird, like there is something awkward between us. What is the problem?
First and foremost it’s a relationship problem, and it can be solved.There could be a number of differing reasons that this has happened, but it’s also easily solved by maintaining and respecting your friend’s personal space that they feel comfortable with while being around you.When you are with your friend, remember to keep them at arm’s length and not to invade their personal space. Try to refrain from touching them unless it is to keep them from falling into harm.Some people are more sensitive to social interactions than other people are, but they can learn gradually to accept the presence of others on a social level if they are allowed to have enough personal space so that they don’t feel threatened by the presence of other people.So start by keeping yourself at arm’s length away from your friend, and increase that distance until they relax around you. When they can relax, then you’ll know the circumference of their personal space, which could be much larger than you had first thought.
It’s so awkward when I call my friends over to my house, and my parents ask them which caste they belong to. How should I deal with this?
You can't do anything with regards to your parents because people who go to the extent of asking their child's friends their caste in front of their child (from what I gather), are pretty much rigidly clinging to their beliefs & won't change their ways even if it's for the benefit of their child. What you can do in this case, in my not-so-perfect opinion, is giving your friends a little heads-up … make your friends aware of what your parents will ask about them. Tell them, in a rather regretful tone, that … you know what? … my parents are a little orthodox … so please bear with me. And if you've really good & understanding friends, they'll not get bothered. But informing them before they enter your house is really important … Whatever not-so-polite questions shouldn't come to them as a rude shock.As for your parents, it's not like they're commiting a sin … an intentional faux pas maybe but not a sin. If what I wrote makes you love them any less, know this - there are worse … way worse parents out there. Your parents are mostly old-fashioned and they embarass you … well, what can I say? Story of our lives.
Do you feel awkward when you go to someone's house for the first time?
Yeah, especially when you have to use the bathroom, it feels awkward when you drop a bomb in a person' s place cause you feel embarrassed about it.
I feel awkward around my friends parents (polygamists)?
I recently, during a weekend stay at a good friend's house, discovered that her parents are polygamists. I'm pretty open minded (I am bisexual) and I like to learn about new things, but instead of her just telling me about it, her father met with 2 women for a date, while her step mom stayed home, and she then explained to me what was going on. I'm not having a hard time accepting them, I love her family, I'm just not used to being around this.. and.. how do I get over the awkward feeling I have around them now? (if you're unaware polygamy is when you are with or dating more than one person.. like my friend's dad has a wife, but he's also dating other women, which his wife is ok with.. and I'm sure she does too) and I'm 17 btw.
Is there a way to tell my group of friends that it hurt my feelings when they didn’t invite me over, without putting them in an awkward place?
I’ve never felt that even my closest friends have an obligation to invite me to every gathering. After all many people have various circles of friends - perhaps a group from work, maybe some that developed out of a mutual interest such as a hobby, and maybe some that they have know for years, way before they met you.The people in one group may have nothing in common with those in another group. So it could be more pleasant not to mix the groups. Or could be that you want to talk about just the things you have in common with that group and adding someone else could make that more difficult to do.If It was me I’d not worry about not being invited and not mention it at all. Even done in a tactful way that is almost sure to add awkwardness to your relationship with them. If, over time, you are consistently left off the list it could be that the friendship isn’t as important to them as it is to you. In that case you probably would want to find different friends.
I never really invite my friends over my house?
yes, lots of teens have friend time and family time and dont bring them together. Some are embarressed of their family or house and others just feel like a different person in each group. for example you are the sweet helpful daughter at home and the silly crazy one with your friends. even adults have different ways of being in different groups- at home, work, or with friends and can feel awkward when the groups meet. You are growing up - soon you will have to go out on your own to university or whatever so being with your family now is important- you will have tons of time for friends when you are on your own. It is wonderful that you want to be with your family- that means you have a good relationship with them- alot of kids arent lucky enough to have that- adults still miss those family times. You sound very normal- you care about your family-what could be better- to hate your parents? no. kids who spend all their time with friends miss out on a lot of moments they will never get back- you are only a kid once
This guy friend is coming over to my house. How do I make things less awkward?
Good Afternoon, Ms. Schaffer. Invite the Gentleman in. Have him be seated in a Comfortable Chair. Offer Him AND You a Snack, and some Beverages. Simply Engage in Light, Easy Conversation. If YOU Relax, and are obviously Enjoying YOURSELF, you will help your Gentleman Caller to feel at Ease, Himself. Ms. Schaffer, I wish you a Pleasant Afternoon.