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activ8r t1_j288mx0 wrote

Don't worry about it. I mean it. It's gonna be hard to believe now, but this is something you will laugh at later.
It will be embarrassing to begin with, but the sooner you can laugh at yourself and own it the better. I know this is far easier to say than to do, but it's the truth.
I don't have any useful suggestions beyond this I'm afraid. It sounds like you have an ally in the popular girl though. Maybe approach her and be open about it? It's likely she will shut down a lot of teasing if she really is on your side and if she isn't then there is no loss in trying. Who knows, you might even make a very good new friend.
I wish I could be more help, but let me assure you it will definitely, 100%, get better. Even if it's hard now.

As far as them sharing it around: I dunno where you live, or how old you are, but it's likely they are committing a crime. Either through distribution of CP, or violation of some kind of "revenge porn" law. The latter is very different from country to country, but generally speaking distribution of nudes without consent is at least actionable. Speak with a teacher about it and your parents.

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activ8r t1_j287z09 wrote

Not sure what kind of fucked up legal system you are in, but accidentally posting your own nudes, then removing them, is not distribution of CP. She won't get into any trouble for reporting this to the police (if she is underage of course, but many countries also have "revenge porn" laws, which this is likely to be covered under).

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Pleasant_Broccoli451 OP t1_j286eq8 wrote

It's so crazy to me because he was so nice and supportive while they were together. I could've called him in the middle of the night totally wasted and he would've gone out of his way to help me but after the break up something switched and now he's acting like this.

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NoTime4LuvDrJones t1_j284qy3 wrote

You need to talk out everything with a therapist. And what you say to a therapist is not going to get back to your friends. Try to get your family to get you an appointment with a therapist. Or do it on your own if you can. It sounds like you have had a rough childhood.

Young people who have been abused and mistreated/ not loved properly have tendencies to use substances. You are on a dangerous slippery slope. Weed is one thing (it’s not great for kids as it affects the growth of your brain as you get older, and it can cause mood issues). Try not to mess with it until you are older. But at least it won’t kill you. Alcohol and pills are another story, they will lead to misery. I’ve just had a cousin die from alcoholism in their mid 30s. Another cousin died from a drug overdose, either fentanyl or heroin. Right now it’s taking pills “because it’s fun”, on s year or two it’s becoming addicted to heroin. And if you think the urges are hard now you have no idea when that addiction comes.

And even before a heroin / opiate addiction comes you take a risk each time you buy pills from on the street as they could be fentanyl. The amount of teens dying from overdoses the past couple years has skyrocketed.
You never know what you are really taking nowadays.
Get into therapy, hopefully you find a good therapist; open up to them. They will help you talk out stuff. It can work wonders to get feedback like that, to trust someone with your thoughts. Someone who cares about your well-being.
The friends that pressure you / or are a bad influence on using alcohol & pills are not good friends. Real friends look out after one another. Get close to friends who don’t use that hard stuff. And screw anyone who’s associated with gangs. Even if you open up to a school counselor you don’t have to talk about anyone else. You are not snitching. Going for help for yourself is about you, not them.
I hope you can find a better path for yourself because right now your future doesn’t look very good for you. Please try your absolute best to get help. I hope you do, and that you will find peace within yourself to where you don’t need any of those dangerous hard drugs/ alcohol. You need a trustworthy confident to lean on and to talk everything out, and real friends who actually look out after you.

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Nordic_Marksman t1_j282uzb wrote

I would just talk to her about next time you meet her. I doubt she had any ulterior motives as long as it was specifically food. I think her thought process was not enough food around Xmas let me help out. So just tell her you appreciate last time and didn't want to ruin the moment but your family doesn't actually need food you were just excited about finding a good deal.

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gujiasi t1_j281pey wrote

That's something to chat with a therapist about. Ain't nobody holding the fact they unloaded some stuff from their pantry over you after hearing about you taking care and forethought into your food situation. She's wealthy enough she doesn't even think about food cost and likely a lot of it would've gone to waste eventually.

*My wife usually makes friends with a handful of Chinese exchange grad students (we met in China when I worked there and moved back to my home country so she generally gets along with fresh off the boat people better than locals, not exclusively but generally) and when they head home we almost invariably end up getting a bunch of good food and household stuff unloaded on us. I'm doing just fine financially but I'm not too good for free shit.

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HorseActual t1_j2803lj wrote

Don’t listen to @special_kitty having GED instead of a diploma closes a bunch of doors. A college degree is what’s overrated, but they’re still required. Not saying you can’t get by without a GED but it will be harder than just sticking through high school. You’re going to change your mind about what you want to do with your life until your 20s even then you can always change careers. If you ever decide to go to college even if you’re in your mid 20s not having your diploma will hurt you. Even bill gates, one of the most famous dropouts, didn’t drop out of high school, he dropped out of Harvard.

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