Dear Year 7 Student,

I‘m a Year 9 student and I have been facing problems with my two best friends, and it would be great if you could help me.

I have two really close best friends, but they are not friends with each other, so I need to divide myself between them, and I’m getting tired of that. Each day I stay with one during break time, but the worst is in class. We're all in the same class, and there are times when I feel like I have to tear myself apart to be able to talk with both. I end up blaming myself for not being able to be with them both, and every day I hope that they'll become friends, but they just can't stand each other. I don't know what to do anymore because I don't want to let one of them down, and I also don't know how to tell them how I'm feeling.

I would really appreciate your help with this problem and I hope you can help me the best way possible.

Thank you,

Anonymous

Dear Y9 student, 

I know that you are in trouble and I got an idea. You can talk to them and ask them why they are not friends, but if it doesn't work tell them how you are feeling and don’t be scared to just talk to them about your feelings. If everything goes wrong you should tell them that you don't like them fighting in class. You need to tell them how you are feeling when they  fight in class, you could say to them give a chance to  become friends and if they don't want to, tell them to get along so you are not sad if you tell this to them, I think they will understand.

Sincerely,

Y7 - Antonio Montoro