Feeling really stuck?!
Question:
Feeling really stuck?
so it's summer... and i dont have many friends, i dont know what to do, where to go, who to be with... my friends? i dont wanna hang out with them, they dont even have time to hang out with me anyways... job? i already applied to every possible store around my area, didn't get called back. places? my parents are really overprotective to let me go anywhere. so basically it comes down to me feeling stuck, bored and confused this summer... i volounteer, but it's not something i want to do everyday as it's not fun... i want to have fun, make friends, but i dont know HOW AND WHERE. anyone else feeling this way? and what are u gonna do to change it? i wish i could just like party and have fun.... but i dont see that happening anytime soon...and i'm gonna be 17 soon.. i know i have to get up on my feet and do something about it.. i just dont know WHAT and WHERE... i try to look for local happenings around my area, but there's none that interest me..
Answers:
A difficult situation, but the one group of people that your parents would trust you with is other members of your family. Is there a possibility of you going away for a few weeks this summer to some relatives out of town or even out of State? Do you have a cousin that you are particularly close to who you could go and spend time with?
You should make time for your friends. You may want to widen your circle of friends, but for now you should fix up a time when all of you get together every couple of weeks; that gives you the time to spend away from your friends and make new friends, but also to hold on to the ones you've got without you being on top of each other all the time.
Lastly, to prevent this problem reoccurring next year, I would look for a solution now. You may like to travel abroad and see even a little bit of the rest of the world. The circumstances under which your parents would accept this is an exchange program; where you live with a family abroad and they send their daughter here to stay with yours. Your school may do school trips to and you should gently persuade (ie, nag gently but relentlessly!) your parents to go.
Best of luck.