Hey, girls! It’s Laura!
As most of you know, I was an intern at Discovery Girls last summer, and I had the amazing opportunity of helping to create the
Fab Girls Guides! The books are all ready for you to read now, and I’m so excited that you’ll finally get to see what we were working on all summer.
I loved working on all of the books, but the
Fab Girls Guide to Sticky Situations was definitely my fav to brainstorm for. I can still remember Lyn and I sitting in Catherine's office last June, wracking our brains to come up with every kind of sticky situation we'd ever been in. That’s right:
So many of the situations in the book came straight from our middle school days! Most of the "stickies" happened to one of us--or to
both of us!
What do you do when your crush doesn't like you back? Or how about the time my best friend put my hair in crazy pigtails (they looked hideous!) for the eighth-grade dance? Or the time that Lyn sneezed in front of the entire class during her 5th grade state report? (Yeah--pretty bad!) And, of course, what do you when you spill something on your best friend’s (white!) carpet. And that's just the beginning…
All of those situations were tough. I just wish the
Fab Girls Guides to Sticky Situations had been around when I was your age! Life would have been
so much easier!
Now I want to hear from you! What sticky situations have
you been in? And what are some of your favorite sticky situations from the
Fab Girls Guide to Sticky Situations? Let me know in comments to this post!
Friendship problem!
I’ve been friends with a girl in my grade for about 2 years, but this year she made a friend I kind of don’t like. This year, she is with a different teacher so I can’t see her much, only at lunch and recess. at lunch I come and see her with the other girl and I hesitate to the table but end up at a table without my friend, instead with other girls. and at recess, They play on the monkey bars but I play soccer, and They don’t like to play soccer. I can’t see my friend a lot and that could ruin our friendship! also, summer’s coming, and we’re going to middle school… and I know the girl my friend likes doesnt have a lot of friends… so my friend makes her happy. I don’t want to ruin their friendship, but I don’t want to ruin mine, too… one question. WHAT CAN I DO!?!? -Abbythank you!
those books helped me alot! i like how they are told in a girls point of view(some books talk like all of us are adults or toddlers)!OMG
I luv the Fab girls books! I’ve only read 3 of them, but each one rocked more then the last! I totally hope u come out with more! OMG! We’re going to the mall! Time to buy the fourth Fab Girls book! Rock on, Ronnie ;)My Little Cousin
I have a little cousin who is 4 years younger than me and she bosses me around i’m the kind a person who doesn’t want anybody’s feeling hurt so what do I do? Unsurefab books
i got all the books for christmas! i was So happy!:)Sticky situation I have been in
At school my 2 best friends got in a fight. They both wanted me to be on their side. They even forced me to choose who’s side I was on. The fight lasted for 2 weeks straight. I had to think it over at least 10 times. My Final answer was that the side I was on was none of their’s. They were both mad at me for 2 or 3 days but it got them both back togather and they ended up getting over it but it was a sticky situation because to be forced to choose a side between one best friend or the other is really tuff.BIg Problem!
Ok,there is this guy at school who gets teased alot,so I try to stick up for him and be nice like lending him my cell phone or having a friendly chat once in a while.But,he has now a major crush on me and hangs around me all day.This guy is overweight,does not use tissue and smells BAD.I don’t know what to say or do. Please help!someone help?
I have this “Friend” Who gossips about me. What makes me angry is that she does it when I’m right there! I tell the people she tells that it’s not true, but they don’t believe me. Some of the comments have been really embarrassing. I try to avoid her as much as possible, but she doesn’t have any more friends in our grade. She seems really desperate for my friendship, and she follows me everywhere and is always in my business. All I ever hear for advice is, “Ignore it!” but that is easier said then done. Any suggestions?P.S.I am Armae. I forgot to
P.S.I am Armae. I forgot to add to my letter that we are really tight friends. Please help!Help!
I have a sticky situation, too! You see, I really like this guy I used to sit with. Than we moved spots, and he is beside a girl who likes him! It hurts because I really like him, and I am almost 100% sure he likes me! Now I am beside the girl who likes MY crushes best friend. I really like him, and he siits so far. We hardly talk out of school! Plaese help me!!! Luv Armaeplease reply
some of the girls in my grade don’t like my BFF and sometimes they aren’t nice to me just cuz im BFFs with her. i am definetely not going to stop being friends with her, so what should i do? Please reply Margimy chrush might LOL
i have wanted to tell my crush i like him and i told my friend tha that but then she said she onced liked him and told him that and he laughted and told everyone what she said i don’t want him to do that to me so i didn’t tell he should i tell him?Birthday Bummer
Last year, i had a birthday party and i didn’t invite one of my supposedly friends that i’ve known since kindergarden. I didn’t think that there would be a problem, because we had been hanging out with other people, but after my party the word of it got to her. I felt horrible and couldn’t stop thinking about how our friendship would be ruined forever. I wrote her this really heart-filled e-mail and was racking my brain until she finally wrote back. She forgave me and got why i didn’t want to invite her. I felt so relieved that she forgave me. Now i know that i have a great friend. <3 Relient K chicki've had em too!
one time me and my bff were fighting and we made up.the key is to just relax when these happen.i didn’t,and relized i was being a drama queen.so,do as i say.PLEASE HELP!
There’s this girl on my street who a bit younger than me and goes to the same school. By chance, I bumped into her while walking home and we would sort of just walk together to and back to school after that. Sometimes we would go to each other’s houses, and I actually had fun. Then, after a while, I started to get sick of it. She wanted me to play with her almost every single day and she kept lying(not very well) about very small things to her parents and devised tricks in accordance with these lies, or truths she wanted omitted from them. She also treated me like I was really, really, dumb and made me feel horrible, also making me cry twice in a very short time. When I tell her I can’t play, she circles outside the area of my house on her scooter waiting for me! When I tell her I can’t play, she circles outside the area around my house on her scooter! It’s really annoying and kind of creepy! HELP!2 Best Friends
I have two best friends and I am close to both of them- for a while. My two BFF’s fight with eachother and gossip about eachother, saying nasty things. Once, one of my BFF’s said the other took me away from her! I do say “ok”, and “Yeah” annouyingly, but they do still do the fights. One of my favourite situations in the Fab Girls Guide to Sticky Situations was the bra one.plss come back
dear DG friends , i came back to the same school after 6 yrs(we have the whole schooling together)and i want the same girl who was my best friend at that time to be my friend again.we have once talked about this once but nothing exactly changed.i really would LOVE to have her as my friend again.its not that she doesnt like me or something but i feel shy in front of her.she is very bold.and confident and i am not so like that.i dont know what to do.plssssssssss help me!!!!!!!!!!!Mean s=no
there are some really popular s at my school and very rude!! we do nothing to them, and when we try to ignore, they just insult us more! they are teacher’s pet so when we tell, nothing happens and the teachers said we lied! help! ♥♥♥girl♥♥♥my friend move away
i have a friend she moved away 2 day ago i cry really really bad i can not stop crying when she left i stop playing with my other friend it was just so hard to stop crying when i get homevery sticky
i awalys find myself in those situations u dont want to get me started me +bff fighting etc u know what i mean. irishgirlHi!!!! It’s me again with
Hi!!!! It’s me again with the stinky friend! Another thing with my 2 best friends is that they HATE each other. I mean they fight all the time. It is really annoying. Is there anyone who has the same problem as me? If you do please please answerbest friend is stinky
Hi! I need some help. I have this really good friend.She is soooo nice and I really like her. Just one little thing.If your by her it feels like you are going to faint.I mean FAINT. Do you have any suggestions? PLEASE ANWSER. ã‚‘RE: To old
Dear To old don’t worry about your BFF i am the oldest of all my friends and some just turned 11 & 12 and i am about to be 13 weird but i would never think it is to much of a age differents becuse we are all bff’s i am sure u guys AKA (girls) will be friends forevergreat!
Let me tell you….. if anyone has been in those situations its me! I CAN NOT wait until i can read it. All the guys in my class are magorli making fun of and me STILL call me sneeze gurl! Just be cause one day of stupid allergies!They still sneeze when ever they walk by me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOME ONE PLEASE HELP ME PLEASE REPLEY
I’M IN A STICKY SITUATOIN RIGHT NOW. I THINK I MAY HAVE FUND A GREAT NEW FRIENDIN THE 6TH GRADE DANELLE. THE PROLEM? I’M PRETTY SURE MY BFF ROBYN IS JELOUS. ROBYN AND DANELLE ARE LIKE AGAIST EACHOTHER SINCE LAST YEAR WHEN I WAS IN A HUGE FIGHT WITH DANELLE THAT DIDNT END TILL SUMER! BUT NOW WERE INSEPERABLE LOVE HANGING OUT WITH HER SHES SO FUN. BUT ROBYN DOESNT LIKE HER THAT MUCH. WHAT DO I DO? STOP BEING FRIENDS WITH ROBYN? OR STOP HANGING OUT WITH DANELLE?Okay, so here's my problem...
I just switched schools about a month ago. I left my crush and 2 VERY good friends. I’m going to call one friend M and the other friend S, and my crush will be F. Okay, so after I left, M said to S… “Let’s tell F that Lizi liked him!! She just left, and she’ll never know!!!!” M almost told F, but luckily S stopped her. Later on that day, S called me and told me what happened. Now I am soo mad at M, and she keeps pretending she doesn’t know what I’m talking about. And another thing is that F likes S now!!! I think I might have ruined my life by switching schools!!! PLEASE help me!!!!!!! ~LiziSmiley
thank you to all of the s that help with problems. you are so much help! thanks to you, i am not smiey anymore! ♥ME♥Friendship problems
You see i have these friends who are really changing, one them use to be my best friend EVER!! but now that were in middle school she never sits with me at lunch or talks to me very much ether, i think she doesn’t like me anymore. Another friend i have tells me what to do she use to really really nice now shes just mean and bossy. WHAT SHOULD I DO!!!! PLEASE HELP ME!!!!!In my opinion...
I would have told the bossy one calmly and nicely: You seem to be getting kind of bossy and it is not very fun for me could you please stop. if she makes a fuss I wouldn’t be Friends with her anymore. The popular one ummm boy I would probably walk right up to her and say: Look you don’t sit with me at lunch, you don’t talk to me it is really not a friendship anymore. Hope this helps!! -helperfriend problems
i think u should tell them how u feel. it is not good to be bossed arond. conserned frindFriendship problems
I think that you should just let them go their seprate ways.You should make new friends and if they want to be your friends again.tell them they can but only if they do not treat you so badlyRE: friendship problems
talk to yourself: do you still want to be friends with her? if you answered yes to this question heres what you can do. talk to her! make conversation!!!!!! say, hey!! whats been going on? I have not talked to you in a long time!!!! lets hang out!! and purposeyou do something like study together or go to the mall. if you notice she is getting bossy talk to her! say something, if she is dissing all your friends say, hey, its not cool to make fun of my friends. if she laughs at you or says something back, walk away. and don’t be friends with her, who wants to be friends with someone who is bossy????friendship problems
okay see I have a friend who says I never sit next to her at lunch and never hang out with her but I just don’t want to hang with her all the time. I have other friends too and I used to be her best friend. I also know someone who allways tells people what to do you can’t do much about that but you should try to understand that your best friend has other friends too and forgive her or tell her how you feel but don’t end a really good friendship!my sticky situation
I haven’t read the Fab Girls guides yet, but I’m sure they’re awesome! Well, here’s my sticky situation… I liked this boy last year at my church when I was in the same class as him. He was so so so sweet and nice 2 me. But when I left that class to work with little kids, he has been totally ignoring me! Ok, he has hugged me a few times, but that’s about it. It hurts because I thought he liked me too. Even worse, no other boys like me! I don’t know what I would have done 2 upset him. It’s sorta like he thinks it’s my fault that I left his class to work with little kids, but I didn’t have a choice! I don’t wanna give up on him, he’s so so nice and he’s so close 2 me. I’m not scared 2 talk 2 him cuz he’s so nice and outgoing, but I really wouldn’t want 2 ask “Why are you ignoring me?” Then he’d probably find out I like him! Please help me!OK so i’m not good at that
OK so i’m not good at that thing but if I were you I would try to be really outstanding(never change who you are) but like try to be really nice and happy(not like so happy it’s weird)RE: my sticky situation
does this guy know you HAD to leave his class? because maybe he liked you and then you left he thought you didn’t like him anymore!!! (or at all) so you do the right thing and talk to him! make some conversation with him. go up to him and say, hey, whats up! or what have you been up to lately? don’t be afraid!!!!!! do it! I know you will not regret it!!!!!!!!!! P.S. tell me how this works out! sister at heart——True Friends are Forever.
In 3rd grade I was doing great and I had a new friend. The problem was that she was disliked by everybody and no one liked her. But I really did and i even liked her little sister. we weren’t in the same class so whenever i saw her at recess I would play with her until we left. In 4th grade I was in class with her and with my best friend which i had not had in my class last year. And she was really popular. So I knew that there would be a conflict. Me and my other friend were inseprable for a long time in the 4th grade. And my other friend was realy nice to her even though she didn’t like her. My poular friend lied to me and said that she did like my other friend even though she didn’t . And later she told me too pick between them.And that she didn’t like her because her hair. The thing was I didn’t want to break up with my popular friend because I was her f riend since preschool. So I chose her. And I let go of my other friend.even thouh I didn’t want to. And later my teacher even noticed a difference because we used to be so close. So I wrote my other freind a not and now we are going not as good but we only talk occasionaly.Birthday problam
I have a BIG problam!!!!!!!!!!! I have his birthday coming up. and I ALWAYS invite my couisn even though she is 2 years older then me. and she always makes the other girls cry and she always says stuff like, your outfit is so ugly! and I feel SO bad. but she always invites me to her birthday! I don’t even want her to come this year! because she is just plain mean and I am inviting more people this time. but if I don’t invite her, she is going to get SO mad it me! because lets just say things have not been working out well between our families so she might think that I am mad at her for a wrong reason. if I invite her my new friends might get their feelings hurt, but if I don’t invite her I will be letting down my couisn. WHAT DO I DO????????????? please help me!!!!!!!!!!Same Thing
I almost have the same problem! My friend switched schools last year and her school is better in education than ours. Now every time I go 2 her house she asks me one of her math problems and i say idk and she goes yeah that’s (school name) education. I think it’s really rude but I’m afraid to tell her that b/c she can get really mean and hurtful if she’s mad. Help!!!Reply to Birthday problem
you should invite your cousin but tell her if she is mean to your friends that she has to leave or go somewhere else. lay down the law!Family Trouble
That’s not right! Your birthday is your time to shine. Politely but firmly confront your cousin(i know easier said than done). Tell her that at a lot of your other birthday parties she’s been really mean and that it makes you feel really hurt when she is. See what she says. Maybe have her come but if she’s mean take her aside and give her a ‘Warning’. If she’s still mean then she’ll have to go home. Make sure you explain all this ahead of time. Remember, your not letting her down, she’s letting you down.Birthday Problem
Just tell your cousin you cant invite her, but only cuz you just want your friends this yearThe Resolution
You should call your cousin and tell her that it hurts your friends’ feelings when she makes fun of them. Tell her if she isn’t nice to them at the party, she will be asked to leave. If she’s upset about this, that’s her problem. I hope you take my advice.Birthday problem
I think you should just tell your cousin 2 stop being mean to your friends or else she cant come 2 your b-day party. Tarabrithday problem by alondra
i had a b-day promlem once i had invite my friends over but they didn’t came to my b-day i was mad at them what should i do pleasei help mebirthday problem
you should talk to her say that you will invite her but you can not be mean to the other girls ad then it all up to herre: Birthday problam
wow, sounds like u really do have a problem! ok, b4 u invite ur cousin, tell her that if she wants 2 come 2 ur bday party, she has 2 b nice 2 ur friends. remind her that the last times she came, she really hurt those girls feelings. if she refuses 2 b nice, then dont invite her. that way, at least she knows y ur mad at her and theres no miscommunication. if she promises not 2 b mean and then she is, ignore her. u mite want 2 warn ur new friends ahead of time anyway, so if she is mean and u ignore her, theyll back u up. good luck! have a good birthday! -nicole :]Re: Birthday Problem
If I were you I would kindly go up to your cousin and explain the situation to her. A lot of times people don’t realize that they’re being mean. Tell her that she is being mean to your friends and that has to stop!! She is making people cry and that isn’t good! So just kindly explain to your cousin and maybe she will try to be a better person. If she doesn’t get better though, I wouldn’t invite her. What kind of birthday will it be with everyone crying? Probably not a good one. Family is family and even though you fight and get into tough situations the best thing to do is to try to talk through it!! I hope this comment helps!! xoxoBethxoxoUgh...
I have two BFF”S let’s name them BFF 1 and BFF 2. BFF 2 is abnoxiuos, rude, ect. BFF 1 is sweet and nice. BFF 2 Got mad at BFF 1 because she thinks that BFF 1 and I are better friends than I am with BFF 2. Now BOTH of my BFF’s are mad at each other. What should I do?! Thanks, Mayhem in Marylandtalk to them!!!!!!!
talk to them!!!!!!!