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I am a 16 year old girl who recently got physically intimate with my best friend.(just for the record we did not have sex) He is now going around calling me a slut to everyone we know (we have a lot of mutual friends). I am so hurt by this and it is causing a major stir with all of our friends. No one knows who to believe. I don't know what to do. I realize that we were both too immature to handle the feelings that came along with our actions but I can't really turn back time and stop it. Should I try to talk to him and reconcile our friendship or should I forget about the jerk? I must also mention that I never said a harsh word

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about him or thought badly of him after what happened.

 

Steph Answers:

I understand exactly what you are going through. A very similar thing happened to me a year ago with my best male friend at the time. He then told everyone that I was easy. It too broke my heart.

I don't believe just letting this go will help anything, for rumors spread really fast and grow even worse with every person that knows it. I think that it would be best if you talked one-on-one with this boy. Let him know that this hurts your feelings and that you never said anything hurtful or mean about him because of this.

You probably realize now that this wasn't the smartest thing to do at your age. But I'm not going to lecture you for something I have done. I can tell you this much however: as much as it may sound harsh, this boy has violated a MAJOR boundary of trust. He dissed you in a MAJOR way, and you might have to prepare yourself to leave this friendship behind until this boy matures a little and acts like a man.

Talking with him might be a good idea, because there might be something else going on.

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As I said, talk to him, just the two of you, and see what he says. If he sounds even SLIGHTLY bogus, leave this scrub in the dust. You don't need to let his immaturity drag you down. As for your friends, talk with them. Have you told them YOUR side of the story yet? If they are your friends, they wont let whatever lies he says get in the way of the friendship.

You sound really keen on how your emotions are at this point in your life, so you have a VAST advantage over the fella right away. He might feel as if he's messed up and he doesn't know how to deal with it. Needless to say, it doesn't excuse his behavior. You obviously aren't emotionally ready for what you got into with this boy, so keep that in mind and work on your emotions. And whatever you do PLEASE don't let this boy sucker you into getting with him again. Keep this friend at a distance until he proves himself worthy of your time, because you just simply SOUND better than him!!!! Hope I've helped you and good luck!

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