Be Carful What You Say

Middle School Student, Framingham, ma

Last summer at camp I lost a friend. She was one of my closest friends but not that many people liked her because she changed. I was a little annoyed with her too because she had changed since last year but I didn’t care. If she was still nice I was happy to be around her. One day I went over another girls house with some other girls from camp. We were hanging out and having lots of fun! Somehow we came to the subject of the girl who has changed. They started talking about her but I didn’t say anything. I just sat there and listened. A couple of the girls asked me what I thought about her and I said that she changed and that I wish she was the same but it doesn’t matter. They thought that I said I didn’t like her but I didn’t say that. The next day at camp the girl who had the camp friends at her house was talking to the girl who had changed. I guess she told her everything everyone said about her including what I said. The rest of the day the girl who changed didn’t talk to me and gave me dirty looks. By the end of the day I was sick of it so I confronted her. She wouldn’t talk to me. All she said was that I said some mean things about her and she never wants to be friends with me or ever see me again. I was stunned. She said that the girl who had all the camp friends to her house told her everything. I said that all I said was that you changed and I wish you didn’t change. Still she wouldn’t listen or talk to me ever again. That taught me to be careful by what I say and don’t talk about people behind their back and that if you have a problem with someone confront them.