Rachel Simmons

Dear Rachel,In the past school year my "friends" started to care less about me. I didn't get invited to go out with them and I was totally left out. I did not feel part of the group anymore, I told my parents about the situation but I do not know how to make it stop.

Rachel Simmons has advice for a girl who feels jealous of her best friend's other friends.

My boyfriend and I were talking about moving in together and getting married, the whole nine yards. I have his password to everything, and one day I decided to be nosey and see what he was up to. Turns out that he had been writing to about 3 or 4 girls asking them to hook up.

A reader discovers she has feelings for her best girl friend and wants to know if she should tell her how she feels.

Get Rachel's advice on how to get over a guy.

My best friend and I talked everything out recently and were back to being great best friends, but then today he and I got caught up in the moment and hooked up.

A reader asks our relationship expert Rachel Simmons if she'll ever be able to get back with her ex-boyfriend.

I have a friend who puts me down a lot and points out all the wrong things about me, but I have to be friends with her because I have no other friends -- well best friends, that is.

There is this guy that I like. I have gotten to know him, but we have different class schedules. When we pass each other in the halls we look at each other and stare. I just want to know if I should go for it and ask him?

What do I do when my best friends come to me for advice with dealing with my other close friends? I want to be on both sides, or maybe just not in it at all, but it gets complicated. I find myself being drawn in through guilt.

A couple of months ago I met some kid and we talked for a week just as friends. After that we got kind of flirty and he ended up telling me he had a girlfriend. And I wasn't looking for a relationship so I thought it would be a good idea to hook up with the kid. I know it's very wrong and not fair because he is in a relationship and has a girlfriend.

Two years ago I went on an extreme diet and lost a lot of weight. My doctor made me gain it all back, but now I've gotten into the habit of overeating- the same stuff I ate as when I needed to gain weight.

I'm posting today about a super cool online community for girls that I'm part of and want you all to know about. It's called Mean Stinks, a program created by Secret deodorant to help girls face the challenges of bullying, drama and everything in between.

Dear Rachel, Two weeks ago I got into a fight with my friend. Behind her back when she wasn't in school I told her best friend that she doesn't talk to me as much.

Last school year, my two best friends left my school for another one, and I've since realized that I don't have many friends apart from them. I'm trying to make new friends at school, so I try to spend lunchtimes with people, get to know them and get closer, however I always feel like I'm intruding in their friendship group or just an annoying follower.

I've been struggling with social anxiety for a bit over a year now (I'm 19). I've always been outgoing and love being with people. I have lots of friends. However, since I am very light skinned, I blush very easily and it has come to the point that I fear I will blush around people all the time.

The guy I really like is a senior at my high school, and there are three problems: I'm a freshman, he has a girlfriend, and I met him maybe like 4 weeks ago

Dear Rachel,I am a sophomore in high school. This year, everyone in my group of best friends has started drinking. They have, on more than one occasion, tried to persuade me to drink, sometimes to a point where I feel uncomfortable about it.

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Dear Rachel,My best friend has been on and off with her boyfriend for 3 years. I don't want to be mean but she is kind of obsessed with him. The other night we were all at my friend's house and he broke up with her for good because he couldn't take her anymore. That same night right after he broke up with her he started flirting with me A LOT! It was weird he was touchy and saying all these nice things about me and he was carrying me around the whole night like we had just gotten married. He carried me upstairs to talk to me alone and was like I think you are really pretty and nice and smart and to be honest with you I like you a lot. I realized I liked him too. I told this boy that everything he said was really nice but I need time to take this all in. I want to go out with him but I don't know how to tell her and explain everything without her hating my guts forever because I really want her to stay my friend and I don't want things to be awkward between us. Please help me, what do I do?!?

My best friend "Thea" and I hang out every weekend, but if we can't see each other she acts like it's a tragedy. She always tells me that she can't have fun without me and then expects me to feel the same way. It's even gotten to the point where during prom night Thea wanted me to hang out with her instead of with my boyfriend!

Dear Rachel, I'm a junior in my first year at a private school. I came in and I made friends pretty fast and I hang out with the popular outgoing group. The group has the queen bee or whatever. The...

year ago I was very chubby, and my stepmom called me fat like everyday, and my dad used to always say that I gained weight, but my mom never said I was huge until one day she was like "You put on a little weight." Then on Christmas my sister bought me a pair of jeans and I couldn't even fit into them, and my sister was like "Wow, you gained a lot of weight, when did you get so fat? Those skinny jeans are size 9!!!! You're huge!"

I've always been known as the shy girl all my life. I have a very small voice and it seems like sometimes people can't hear me when I talk. I'm going into high school and I want to change. I want to be confident and make lots of new friends and have a boyfriend. But I can't do that because of my shyness. Can you please help me?