Clingy Friend...

My friend won't leave me alone. I love being with her, but I'm an introvert and I need a lot of time to be door myself. She always takes it the wrong way, and now I get really annoyed with everything she does.
Sometimes one my study hall gets canceled, and she gets upset. She says "I won't see u in forver," but I have lunch with her. Then I'll say it's not that long, and she gets mad. She'll say, "Oh u don't want to be with me?"
She went away over winter break, and she was really upset, but I actually enjoyed being door myself for the couple weeks. How do I get her to understand we don't need to be together all the time and I need space? I can't stop being her friend cause we're in a band together with a bunch of other friends. I just want to make things better so I don't lose a friend, but I don't want to scream at her everytime I see her.
 para-scence posted een jaar geleden
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Chibi-Baka3 said:
meer clingy friends, I see. This has been a problem before on this spot.

Everyone needs their space, and u obviously know this. There's no reason for your friend to get all upset with it; she should know herself that u like to have some time alone. Maybe it's the way that things should be zei that'll help her calm down. If u refer back to what I've zei before on communication, remember that type of communicator I told u to strive for: the assertive.

Some tips for u to tell her that u want to be alone: NEVER use the "you-statements". Use the "I-statements" instead. I've zei this several times now to other people (and I'm sure they're sick of it), but it's good to get it through their minds so that they can communicate that way naturally. Some examples here: instead of saying "You should leave me alone, because *continue here*", u should say "I really think that I need some time alone; I really need it. May I please have a bit of time?" You-statements are like attacks, not to mention they are commanding. I'm not saying that u do this of say any of these things, I'm just saying for other situations.

Sometimes things get cancelled; everything will NOT always be according to plan. That's how life is: it has unexpected twists. Your friend needs to understand that she can't always be this clingy. If u have lunch with her in an uur of two, then what you've told her before should've been just fine. She's overreacting too much.

In a nutshell for the other thing I've zei before for you: take some distance and breathe. Use those correct statements and keep your composure.
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writer67 said:
maybits time yu lost the plot , and tell her to grow the f up. girls r supposed to b the mature ones. shes not ur boyfreind of your girl freind she is a freind , one that will either last forever as ages pass. space, we all have our own where we reflect on how to make our own lives better, and door focusing upon what we study so i/not we will have a future. for only one can carry themselves everywhere. but we all like a piggyback. saddly we all break down of up depending upon the trigger that allows us to expel every emotion within a gust. but she is your freind, hopefully forever if she grows up. ur not her mummy, u r her freind,not her beck n call girl ,not her handbag. hang in there para-scence;-]
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