The Boy Friend (friend who is a boy)

Boys are totally fun to hang out with sometimes as just friends. But, don't you hate it when other people start saying that you LIKE like your friend that's a boy? It's soooo annoying!

I think people just want something to gossip about. AND, I think the girls who do gossip about that type of stuff might actually JEALOUS of the fact that some girls don't see the big deal in going out and shooting some hoops with the guys.

The truth is, anyone can do it -- you just have to relax and have fun! All that stuff you see on TV about girls being "girly" in order for a boy to like them is sooo old-fashioned. In fact, I think the best thing you can do is just not think about getting boys to like you AT ALL. Just be yourself! Get out there and have a good time... leave the crushes and stuff on the bench. Take a few minutes and tell us all about it on our NEW Dating and First Kiss Survey .

you tell us ...

Can girls just be friends with boys without people thinking we LIKE like them?

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Comments (296)

Parischic writes:

	Ya totally Avery! Just because some girls like chillin' with the guys doesn't mean she's crushing on one of them. In less of course she's flirting with one of them (ugh... totally gross!) But anyway don't be afraid to hang with the guys. Best of luck girls! ~Parischic~

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pacsungirl writes:

well i have this guy friend who is such a great guy friend and hes nice and i always laugh around him and talk to him but thats cuz hes funny, and then my friends started asking me do u like _______ and i said no where just friends. and then one day i noticed that i did like him and every thing got out of control and i ended up telling him and that was the worst day of my life! but i told him i didnt like him anymore so then we were and still r friends. -pacsungirl

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sorrybunny writes:

	Sometimes I wonder.... Is it better with a world with nooooo boyz?!? Answer me back PLEASSSSE!!!!

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sorrybunny writes:

	I know how you feel, people tease me cause I have Boy-friend(boy thats a friend) and I hate it

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bgirl82 writes:

	Hey loveboyz41 just b honest with u'r b-boy he will probably understand.

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loveboyz41 writes:

	uh there is this boy at skool and i like him but i got a boy frind and my crush has kissed me and im starting to be a 2 timer!i cant decide! hellllllllllllp me. anser back avery! pleeeeeeeeeeeese!

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casy writes:

	Oh skye2013 you sound really nice wish i could b your friend

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casy writes:

	skye2013 dont worry be friends with him let it all fall natraly dont have a friend do something to make him like you or something like that just be friends

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casy writes:

	Yeah i so totally agree with littlemis shes totally right

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littlemis writes:

	For sure they can! Any person who says they can't without liking them is totally bonkers!(I LOOOVE that word!) My neighbour and I are friends and I don't have a crush on him! Even though some of my friends say he likes me...we're just as close as we can be without dating! Lol!

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skye2013 writes:

okay, i need some serious advice!! someone please help. here's the deal, my best friend has a brother...he's 2 years younger than me...but he's the same height as me and super super cute...but i have a boyfriend (like actual relationship) and well me and my best friends brother r friends, so far...but i dont know if i can become a rly good friend with him without falling in love with him...im really confused!! this kinda has nothing 2 do with having friends who r boys, but oh well i need help!!!
-skye2013-
p.s. help me!!!

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mcrlover22 writes:

	Yes they can! If someone keeps saying that you "like each other," than just remember that those words don't matter because you have a good friend.

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Bokwrm writes:

	of course we can be just friends! my best friend for two years were guys! and i got along with his friends to, and nobody made fun of me for that!

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shalom girl writes:

	i have always had friends who are guys and it seems that i always have been teased about i like them or they like me but over all guys are really fun to hang out with

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kewlkween writes:

	I have friends who are guys ( a lot!!!!) and I also have... another certain guy ... and we like each other.... and we are sort of.... you know, going out : )

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Babygurl3637beaconstreet writes:

	SOME PEOPLE THINK NO SOME PEOPLE THINK YES

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swimdude44 writes:

	BOYS R MY BFFS!

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cookygirl202 writes:

	martyrox- no offense to girly girls, but no boy at my school is in to cheesy girly stuff like most dudes. they r really cool, but I'm a tomboy/girly girl.

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pasghetti123 writes:

	hey your right avery!!! if you have a friend who is a boy people shouldn't act like babies!! press the heart if you agree!!!

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KayGal 101 writes:

	i have tons of Boy Friends. ok, i like 1 more than a friend-- but neva mind we're always goofin around & talkin in class. it as fun as being w/ ur girlfriends i much rather have Boy Friends (more than 1!!) than no freinds!!! xoxo, kaygal

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Martyroxs005 writes:

	Guys like tomboys- for the shooting hoops, and hockey practice buddy- but reality is- Boys like like girly girls. I mean, what boy wants 2 date a girl with baggy jeans and boy hair? Its just not implanted into their brains 2 do that.(no offense 2 tomboys or anything!)

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starambition123 writes:

	certainly. guy friends are awesome. i have a few and i like to hang with them cuz they're so drama-free and funny. and they don't make a big fuss over stuff like if i belch really loud or something. i can be myself and not worry about anything!

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cookygirl202 writes:

	boys rock. they never get into that drama girly stuff. theey get into b-ball games.

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TennisFreak257 writes:

A lot of my closest friends are boys. I love how you can talk to them for a straight 5 minutes without them touching their head and saying, "Does my hair look okay?" I love my girl friends and all, but guys are so more relaxed about things in general. Plus, you get to joke around with them a lot more! I really like having guys as friends. Nothing should stop girls and guys from just liking each other as friends, am I right?

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Hinata421 writes:

	I think girls and guys should be friends and that no one should make fun of it period.

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cookygirl202 writes:

	i throw sunflower seeds at boys and hey seem 2 enjoy it. I AM NOT FLIRTING WITH THEM... PERIOD. i just LOVE 2 throw things. sorry if thats creeping u out but at least i can't throw things over the net!

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madiwritergirl writes:

	i dont c why girls think boys are such germs! i mean they freak out when they get touched on the arm by a boy! why cant we just hang out with them, i mean were all human!they have to be so rude!

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madiwritergirl writes:

	one of my best friends is a boy, but everybody takes it the wrong way...even my dad! I had his number posted on the fridge so my mom could call him to invite him to my b-day party. We were having a small family get together, and my cousins saw it...one of which can judje people without thinking about it first, and they totally got mixed up! i have been hounted by them ever since!

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broadwaybeauty writes:

	I used to have a good friend that was a boy and we liked riding bikes, playing video games, and talking about American Idol. Although, when we got to Middle School had decided to have "crush" on me and became kind of mean to other people. Not my idea of a good friend.

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tanzie writes:

	Thinkpink05: were the heck do u go to school and in my school we have NO snow days and we start school like in August so ya. and thx 4 the avice will call him tommorw cuz its his cell#... ttyl Tanzie

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ThinkPink05 writes:

	THE LAST DAY OF SCHOOL IS SO NOTMAY 22 08

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ThinkPink05 writes:

	tanzie, go 4 it! If you think he is really cute ask him out! Its obvis he likes you too why would he give you his # if he didn't like you?!

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destinyhope555 writes:

	girls should kno that boys r human just like us(or so we think). just becuz u like some1 doesnt mean u should run away or flirt till u drop w/them constantly. just chillax n b urself

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tanzie writes:

	this boy in 8th garde told my bff to give me his # so i could call him... and i dont know if i should call him or not... and he is so cute

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emna writes:

	yes you can

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tanzie writes:

	This boy in 7th garde(i am in 6th garde) gave my best best friend his cell # to give to me and i dont no if i should call it and my friend said that he needs to talk to me. And i think he like me. and i like him ever since he was in 6th garde.should i call him but May/22/08 is the last of school.then he will be in 8th garde and i will be in 7th garde... I NEED HELP TANZIE

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MizSmileyMiley writes:

	Hi!I like this boy in my class.He is so sweet and funny and cute!I haven't told anyone because I don't at people to make fun of me.Should I spill the beans?

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peppermints writes:

	Of course! I don't see why not!

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sharpayevans2938 writes:

	I have a ton of guy friends. We just play wii and ping pong and race at my homeschool group and my church youth group.

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smsgirl12 writes:

	I have this one guy friend and he saw a picture of me w/ makeup on and like exploded in laughter!

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pisofi writes:

	YEah. I have a lot of 'guy friends! we hang out after school while waiting for our buses!!

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tanzie writes:

	matryluv23: thx the avice worked

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Soccer* writes:

	I sooooo many friends who are boys! I hate it so much when eople think you have to be boyfriend and girlfriend!Im just friends

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soccergirl108 writes:

Avery,
I have a ton of friends that are boys, and I think that they are better than friends that are girls. THey dont care how they look, and dont worry about makeup ( can have makeup, couldnt care less) and usually dont worry about cute people. I mean, it is totally awsome t have both gender of friends. Youll have a VERY wide variety. Trust me. If someone makes fun of you, just say that you are regular ffriends, not bf and gf. smilies/wink.gif

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amatomboy29 writes:

	4 people have asked me out and i had never even met them b4! plus they were younger than me! YOY (yoy means yuck at my school)! YOY YOY YOY YOY YOY YOY! I AM AMATOMBOY, rn't i? i had 2 get my style from sum1!

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tanzie writes:

	martyluer23, i hope he will get over it ans thxs 4 the help tanzie

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martyluver23 writes:

	tanzie, tell him straight up you don't like him like that. If he gets upset... well if he REALLY likes you he'll get over it and be your friend!

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tanzie writes:

	I've said that and that its almost summer and i really dont want a bf during the summer... We live in the same town and last time i saw him he asked me to be his gf AGAIN He is determine to get me to go out with him...i still need a little help. tanzie

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amatomboy29 writes:

	well this grl in my class and every1 likes her. it is SO funny. the boys r all like "OOH! u like P* and C and B*! ur cheating on him!" omg it is SO FUNNY! i think she enjoys it tho... which i guess is kinda kreepy, but whatev.

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amatomboy29 writes:

	tanzie-- just say that u don't want it to wreck ur friendship!

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purpleanna994 writes:

	of course u can

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pandabear8 writes:

	yo what's up. your right when you start being friends with they say he's your boyfriend. some pals of my friend keep on grabing me to bring to this boy. they keep on saying he is your boyfriend. a little weird. they just want to start gossip. see yah

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tanzie writes:

	this boy keeps asking me and i really dont like him more than a friend.I dont want to hurt his feelings. i need help

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ave4u writes:

yo, avery!
i have lots of guy friends they are just as good or better than girl friends, sometimes they do act like pest's though! like at my church in class
a few of the boys always try to act cool when they are so not cool, like one time during our lesson they said to me
" you are wierd!" and i am like "thank you!" and then one of the others who didnt say it that timr will say like "Dude, she takes everything as a complement" after that THEY LEFT ME ALONE THOUGH!!! lol!!!
SO ADVICE TO ALL YOU, JUST SAY THANK YOU DONT LET THEM SEE THAT THEY GOT TO YOU AND THEY WILL LEAVE YOU ALONE....HOPEFULLY!

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amatomboy29 writes:

the only difference between dudes and dudettes is that we rock more and we have long hair. i know a few dids with long hair. and we can beat them at basketball. and running. and pretty mush any other sport. even tho they're loosers they r SO much better than girls. i mean no drama and no popularity just footballand skateboarding! skateboarding ROCKS THE STREETS!! we r better than them tho.
amaTOMBOYIShtomboy

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music_freak_00 writes:

	yo kookookoko, half of my friends are dudes 2 i mean like so what. what is the matter with being friends with dudes

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music_freak_00 writes:

	there is 1 boy in my class and im friends with him and everyone is always calling "cute couples" and stuff like that and so what he is cute but i dont LLIKE him at all

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ave_gurl writes:

	that is the same problem ihave! it is so annoying i cant believe they would say that were just friends. just normal friends

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BSG1592 writes:

	whats the matter with that?!?!?

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Bloo99 writes:

	I have GUY friends. Some people make fun of us sometimes, but I don't really see him a lot, so i think most people realize that we're just friends.

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kookookoko writes:

	Half of my friends are boys. But everyone teases me about it. WHY? they make better friends than girls, most of the time. Like helo, youre supposed to be good friends w/ people.Some people are like really dumb about teasing

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Asalyhilss writes:

	I have boy friend,We need guys,yes?

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syd101 writes:

	sooo yes because it does not mater what other people say it's what u want to hear

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Rainbowgirl7 writes:

	I have lots of guy friends, but at school when i talked to this guy who was kind of my friend i guess, my other friends made fun and said we would marry one day. Sort of silly. (turns out that this guy is now my crush) LOL

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cookygirl202 writes:

	boys r like the best girls i never had. THEY R MY FRIENDS... I mean they're good 4 bball and stuff but I WILL NOT HOLD HANDS WITH A BOY. OR KISS THEM... EVER... well untill im like 18... BOYS R 4 FRIENDS!!!!!!!!!!

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KayGal 101 writes:

	i've got a TON of guy frendz we talk & have fun 2gether!

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cookygirl202 writes:

this girl in my class likes this guy in my class and the guy talks to me about like bball and ucla & usc and the girl always stares at me like "u r stealing him! and i thought u were my friend!" it is soooooo ANOYING!!!! guys r 4 friends. i mean we r in 4th!! i am sarcastic a lot, but not obnocious. boys have been my friends FOREVER! my bestest best friend untill 2nd was a boy. they r willing to do so much stuff than girls, and not always in a bad way! most ppl think boys are freakazoids but i think they r kool... LIKE ME!! lol

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tanzie writes:

	I have like a ton of guy firends... And ive dated a few of them but after we broke up we were still really close friends... Tanzie

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punkydoodle0418 writes:

	I KNOW ITS SO ANOYING RIGHT? I HAVE A BOY WHO IS LIKE MY BEST AND PEOPLE THINK WE LIKE EACH OTHER THEY WOULDNT THINK THAT IF THEY KNEW THAT HE IS SECRETLY GOIN OUT WIT MY BFF

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bella.italia writes:

	yes of course! anyway, the ppl who think u have a crush on eachother arent good enough 4 u. only real friends will believe and understand u. if someone teases, just ignore them. u no that u guyz r just friends.

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cherrybubble writes:

	I THINK YOUR RIGHT AVERY EVERY TIME I AM BEST FRIEND WITH A BOY PPL THINK I LIKE HIM.

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10000B.C. writes:

	my friend has been asked out by her bff boy like 10 times. the worst part is... she told everybody so they think she likes him. i think she wants attention. luv hanging with boys 4 fun

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zebragirl411 writes:

	i have 3 guy friend that i hang with.but i bearly see 1. anyway, um... the only boy i get nerves around is the one i like. but i hang out with my girlfriends WAY MORE!!!!! there are some guys i just know ( not friends) yea i think boys and girls can hang out without people thinking you like then. i mean, why not every ones has got at least 1 guy-friend catch ya latter

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ladybug13 writes:

	i have a lot of guy friends! we have been friends since grade primary,but we don't talk or hang out as much as my girl friends. I think you can hang out with guys and not lik LIKE them.

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Watermelon26368 writes:

	ok sometimes you hang out with boys because u like them and that is ok

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452163 writes:

	ok sometimes you hang out with boys because u like them and that is ok

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rach19989 writes:

	Off Course! I have some friends who are guys and I TOTALLY do not like them as more than a friend!

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FutureMrsNickJonas writes:

	Totally! One of my Best friends was a guy. No one thot I liked him! But i actually did! LOL

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coco kisses writes:

	Well people will always speculate but u have to just learn to not listen to it and the people who make the rumors are the ones who want to be with him and i have guy friends and a boyfriend but just because i have a boyfriend people dont stop to speculate that i like my guy friends when they are just really fun and nice and i have been friends with them like forever

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Kaija1997 writes:

	In a small town like i live in? IMPOSSIBLE! not that i would want to be friends with the boys anyway-there all weird execpt a few who are amizanly cute!

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socerluver96 writes:

	totally! i have an awesome guy friend who's always there for me! we hang out all the time! even though some people think i like him i don't pay attention. i would rather listen to their remarks than lose him as a friend!

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halbopm writes:

	i have alot of boys tht are my friends and in my school if somone sees you talking to a boy and then smile they think that you like them and that is my problem i like somone who is my friend but he is already going out with my other friend but the problem is i think it is weird to still like him what should i do ?

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nellgirl writes:

	I like this boy who thinks im just his friend.............. i dont know how to tell him!!!!!!!!

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abz writes:

	sometimes it seems like that will never be true i want to just be friends without some girl passing you a note saying do u like so and so,and i'm always like nooo i'm just friends with him life sometimes can be very hard and confusing ---abz

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amatomboy29 writes:

	Yeah duh!!!! But uhh no offense, but i think it would be so funny if you started going out with billy, and then you started to grt all girly, and then youd breakup, and then youd get sad and be a tomboy again!!!

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amatomboy29 writes:

	hey ave you rock, and you are totally like me. oh, sorry... gtg i HAVE to CLEAN my room. Gtg, l84d8 (a BORING one), amatomboy

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amzy writes:

	SORT OF IF U KEEP ON DYNIN IT IT BECOMES MORE TRUE.

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Mette writes:

	i worked with a boy in chemistry and we got along really well. so he made a joke and i thought it was very funny and burst out laughing and one of the mean girls of my class just stared at me. but who cares? just because she doesn't get along on a normal basis with boys. she's the one who misses out on something.

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amatomboy29 writes:

	Hey, Tomboy 5395, u r so much like me. I have so much more fun wif boys than girls. have you ever tried football... it ROCKS!!! I guess the boy thing was kinda past down in my family (Im the only girl kid in it!) and being in my family has made it so i just think of boys as girls and they r just my friends taturally. They r sooo much fun!

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peep980 writes:

	i have lots of friends who are boys

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syd101 writes:

	i think that u could have a friend that is a boy .But don't let all the talk get to u just be yourself and have fun.

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deenerweener writes:

	Well, I think it's fine to be friends with a boy, just because one of your friends is a different gender, you have more friend options. Well, if anyone teases you, just ignore it.

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Tomboy_5395 writes:

	HELP ME!!!!!!!! There is a boy I like and i Dont know if he likes me back. Avery, can u tell me what the signs are if a boy likes u b/c we just hang out like we are friend so idk what to do.

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palindrome03 writes:

	Yea I'm 110% behind u Ave. I have been BFF's w/ a guy since 5th grade, but its cool in our skool bcuz a popular gurl in mi skool started being BFF's with a guy so every1 just followed...

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raro_chic writes:

	I am friends with most of the boys in my class and it's totally fine. Except I don't like it when my friends think I'm stealing their boyfriends. It's not my fault the boys play all the fun games!! ~raro_chic~

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Tomboy_5395 writes:

	There is a boy I like but Im just friends with him now so u can still be friends with boys u like

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Tomboy_5395 writes:

	Yes they can I have alot of friends that are boys, but thats b/c I am very tomboyish like the highest type u can get wihtout being a boy so if you act like them even just a little bit or if u r really funny u can get alot of friends of both genders.

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abz writes:

	softball girl96: have you tried it out yet please write back and tell. --abz

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Lunatuna writes:

	Yup. It's true. I was friends with a boy in third grade, and it was totally fine!

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hermione23 writes:

	TOTALLY, Ave.

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