Dear Margot: What should I do about my friends?

Dear Margot, my best friends are being rude to our new friend and won’t tell me why. What should I do?

Dear reader, I’m very sorry to hear about that unfortunate situation. Tensions within a friend group, especially those closest to you can be extremely stressful and hurtful. However, I think that the best way to deal with this is by trying to speak with your best friends and ask them respectfully if there’s an issue going on in general or with the new friend specifically. Another way you can go about it is by communicating to your friends how you’re feeling and how the situation as a whole feels for you. I believe that the best way to handle this situation is to simply try and express your feelings to your friends and understand how they feel before jumping to any conclusions; furthermore, I think that if your new friend feels uncomfortable by how they’re being treated, you should have a get together with everyone to communicate and address the situation. Nevertheless, if the situation with your best friends continues and your new friend is still being mistreated; I think that the best thing to do is distance yourself from them or end the friendship entirely. As it shows who they really are as people and aren’t the kind of people who you should be associating yourself with. 

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