I have this friend in school who's pretty unpopular and is considered random and annoying. I've known him since we were 8 and since we first met we shared an interest in PC games. But, like every friendship he has faults, a bit too many faults. He lies all the time unnecessarily, says 'I know' way too often, is serious when I'm joking around and joking around when I'm serious, starts arguments for no reason, always loves to prove he's right and is extremely hypocritical. I'm pretty popular at school and so I have loads of other friends to chose from but they all play Xbox (which I have, I'm just not really interested in) so basically he's the best of a bad situation. What should I do?
Advice with friends, help. I don't know what to do? ;-;?
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- 3+ months ago by DarkNatur...
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That is what you call a poor upbringing. Nobody ever demanded good behavior from him, and he has been left alone too much, so his behaviors are whatever he has invented, which usually means copied from his favorite tv characters. In my case there were always stacks of Reader's Digest around the house and I have never been able to escape the RD worldview, even though it has only slight relation to reality. It was the only upbringing I had. I had to learn social graces by watching movies.
You might be able to help him find a life, or it might be more work than you can handle. What he really needs is acting classes, literally to learn how to act normal. He might get interested in vocal skills, especially story telling, and that would be a big boost in his earning power after graduation. Or he might take to music theory if you point out that guitars players nobody ever heard of make a half million bux a year in Nashville. If he resists, drop him, since you can't do anything else for him.