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Age 18, Tempe, Arizona, USA You were a really good friend. But one day, you started cutting me down, making fun of me about something that I had told you that was very personal. Just a snide [...]

Age 17, USA For All Girls & The Guys Who Force Themselves On Us, I met “Rick” at a weekend State competition. He seemed wonderful, interesting to talk to, and fun to be with. [...]

Age 13, Baltimore, USA When I was in eighth grade, I was friends with Leslie (not her real name), a Jewish girl in a predominantly black school who wore raggedy clothes and often smelled of [...]

Age 15, Wisconsin, USA I had known Mike since second grade. Another friend, Sarah, kept bugging me to talk to him, to tell him I liked him more than as a friend. I had a serious crush, but was [...]