I graduated from high school about two and a half years ago. One of my closest friends in high school was this girl...I don't want to use her real name...cuz it's not important...so I'll just refer to her as Kelly. Now, in high school...I was basically a goody goody...I got excellent grades, and my parents liked all the people I hung out with...except for Kelly. Kelly's family had a reputation around town...her mother used to work for my mom and had to be fired and was arrested after stealing a ton of money from where they worked. After that...I was told to not hang out with her...it was the only time my parents ever told me who not to hang out with.
However...I hung out with her anyway. She drank, did drugs, hung with a bad crowd...we were an unlikely pair. I liked her a lot though, and she liked me. We did a lot of things together...I have lots of great memories of fun times we've had. If anything was ever really bad though, I would stand up for myself and not do it. For example, she once wanted me to stash alcohol in my car and drive it to a party for her...but I refused, even though she got pissed off and hollered at me...I stood my ground. Eventually, she apologized, and things were fine. There were also some other bad moments...she got really drunk once and locked herself in the bathroom, threatening to overdose on pills. There were other people at her apartment, but everybody was drunk except for me, so I busted into the bathroom to stop her. She beat me up and threw knives at me. After she sobered up thoug, she said she was sorry. Kelly had tons of problems, and I don't think she could help them...so I didn't want to hold things against her. Push come to shove, we were best friends...and we DID have good times together.
I hadn't heard from Kelly after we graduated until recently. She called me...said she was now living several states away with her boyfriend and was 2 months pregnant. She sounded so happy...I was so overjoyed to have found my long lost best friend. However, I just got a call tonight from her...and she is leaving her boyfriend and moving back home. I was listening to them fight...to her telling me how she tells the bill collectors to fuck off...hearing her boyfriend calling her a whore and me a bitch. Kelly was so nice to me though...and she talked about hooking up with me sometime to hang out like we used to.
My dad is upset that I'm talkin to Kelly again. He said that I am 20 years old and can do what I want...but he really does not want me to get mixed up with her again. It's hard though...she's done shitty things to me, but she really has a lot of problems. I've considered her my best friend, and I worry about her and care for her a lot.
I'm not sure what to do.
What do you guys think?
However...I hung out with her anyway. She drank, did drugs, hung with a bad crowd...we were an unlikely pair. I liked her a lot though, and she liked me. We did a lot of things together...I have lots of great memories of fun times we've had. If anything was ever really bad though, I would stand up for myself and not do it. For example, she once wanted me to stash alcohol in my car and drive it to a party for her...but I refused, even though she got pissed off and hollered at me...I stood my ground. Eventually, she apologized, and things were fine. There were also some other bad moments...she got really drunk once and locked herself in the bathroom, threatening to overdose on pills. There were other people at her apartment, but everybody was drunk except for me, so I busted into the bathroom to stop her. She beat me up and threw knives at me. After she sobered up thoug, she said she was sorry. Kelly had tons of problems, and I don't think she could help them...so I didn't want to hold things against her. Push come to shove, we were best friends...and we DID have good times together.
I hadn't heard from Kelly after we graduated until recently. She called me...said she was now living several states away with her boyfriend and was 2 months pregnant. She sounded so happy...I was so overjoyed to have found my long lost best friend. However, I just got a call tonight from her...and she is leaving her boyfriend and moving back home. I was listening to them fight...to her telling me how she tells the bill collectors to fuck off...hearing her boyfriend calling her a whore and me a bitch. Kelly was so nice to me though...and she talked about hooking up with me sometime to hang out like we used to.
My dad is upset that I'm talkin to Kelly again. He said that I am 20 years old and can do what I want...but he really does not want me to get mixed up with her again. It's hard though...she's done shitty things to me, but she really has a lot of problems. I've considered her my best friend, and I worry about her and care for her a lot.
I'm not sure what to do.
What do you guys think?