I have a friend that bullies me into making decisions that she would agree with, she's a smoker, she doesn't have enough money to buy cigarettes, and she used me to get them when she wanted them. She'd call and ask if I had a certain amount of cash, she'd get me to walk with her to get them, sometimes she'd get me to use my photo I.D. because hers expired. But I felf like I was committing a crime by using my I.D. and giving her the cigarettes after I bought them for her with my money, I don't smoke, I thought I was being nice, but she was taking advantage for me that way, I don't think she saw it that way, she asked other people for money to get cigs but she always paid it back, some people I know don't even do that.
I had a "friend" in high school that turned out to be the ring leader in bullying me because all the people that bullied me had a connection to her, she passed notes, she bent truths, and she flat out lied. I can't really trust anyone, not after what I've been through with people. I was even bullied by my own sister.

I can understand your situation. I had this "best friend". We had so much things alike. We're basically copies of each other, not physically but on the other things like interests and hobbies and such. She did the exact same thing to me. She did nothing but put me down. She never said so directly, but with her stares, her words, her rolling eyes told me that she was degrading me. She never took me seriously. I should've broken the relationship from the beginning, but I didn't. I let her get to me. Please don't repeat my mistakes.

First things first: YOU DESERVE BETTER THAN THIS. Don't let them make you think otherwise. It sounds cliche but your "friends" are WEAK. They hate themselves so they vent it out on you. Putting you down makes them feel better. Convincing themselves that you're "lower" than them gives them some kind of high. I've been both the victim and the abuser in this kind of parasitic relationship. Tell them straight that you don't think your relationship will be good for you or for them. CUT ALL YOUR TIES WITH THEM. You deserve to be more than just their emotional punchbag. They need help. They need therapists. Trust me, continuing this "friendship" will do you (and them) NO good.

You are strong enough to do this. You must believe that. If you want to talk, I'm here.

I can definitely relate to you. My main group of friends are just fake. They pretend to be nice but they are just SO mean behind every one's backs. They also have to impress everyone and make sure EVERYONE likes them. They leave me out of everything and the guys don't like me cuz they don't consider me "hott" . Just yesterday, they went to a party and I wasn't invited. They were talking about it at lunch. It really does hurt. I'm so sorry you are going through this. Try to make new friends without isolating yourself from your other friends or else they'll probably bully you more and you don't deserve it. You were very smart to talk to them about it and the fact that they just laughed pisses me off. If they do that, they're not your real friends. Good luck!

It was like one week I was sitting with her and another girl from my one class and her friends in the cafeteria in school and than all of a sudden I was pushed away and forced to find another table. Ever see the t.v. movie called Odd Girl Out or read the book? That's exactly how it was for me in school, I was pushed aside in the cafeteria in middle school and high school both, I didn't feel safe on the bus either, they were all bulllies too. My school life was like the t.v. movie except it wasn't over a guy like in the show, it was I think over being the stand-out student, the shy student, and the different student.