Friend Problems!!!

[texasgirl]

I have a serious problem. I have two very good friends who used to be good friends with each other. However, now they hardly ever talk anymore to each other, but they both still talk to me all the time. The problem? They talk badly about each other to me!!! I feel so stuck in the middle. I feel like I am betraying each of them when I listen to one of them talk about the other, because I can't tell them that the other one is talking about them. (I know this sounds confusing. ) I don't talk badly about either one of them to the other. I don't know what to do...I'm at my wits end. One of the friends says she just plain doesn't want to be friends with the other one, that she gets on her nerves.....I just don't know what to do. I want to hang out with both of them but they won't hang out with each other!! What do I do???

[mronederful]

i had the very same problem with a girl i was seeing and a good friend. the three of us could not go anywhere without the bickering and fighting. tell each of them (best to do both at the same time or there could be some lies) tell them that you like each of them as a friend and if they cannot stand the other, then fine but have enough respect for you not to put you in the middle. they are probably fighting over your attention. tell them both and if they are truly your friends, then they will understand and stop the drama

[J.LO]

Well, I think that you are doing a good job by not telling the other friend what they tell you. Thats good, cuz it could make them mad at you. If they don't want to hang around with each other you might have to take turns hanging with them, or try and convince them to hang around. Or even tell them how they are acting and maybe they will realize that they want to be friends, but they fight over the stupidist things.

Jen