I'd like to say, I know how you feel. My friend is the best singer in the school, but she flaunts it.
Any way, the best thing I can think of doing is
A) Not giving a fuck about her talents. You're good at it do so continue trying your best.
B) Tell her about it. I read the whole big paragraph below and I think if you tell her that you'd like her to take more interest in your interests, she will try if she's your friend.
C) Be happy for her. It is really hard, I know. But keep smiling and supporting her and in turn she SHOULD (no promises, but hopefully) do the same for you.
Anyway, good luck,

Saying that "[you] should die" because you "have no talent" isn't right. Apparently you do have talent, since you mentioned being good at art, but you have to accept there'll always be someone better.
Your friend probably doesn't care. I honestly wouldn't mind if my friend was worse at art than I was. Don't try to make this about yourself. If your friend is good at all those things, let her. Don't let your jealousy get in the way of your friend being herself, and accomplishing things, or getting in the way of your friendship.

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Oh good lord.

...Sssssoooooooooo.....*inhales* How would you guys react knowing this is one of MY secrets? ^^;

Okay, let me explain why the name/location are so emo: I was having a shitty day when I wrote this secret. I found out my friend was going to miss my birthday party because she was going on a vacation to WASHINGTON DC. I've never gotten to go anywhere that nice or fancy, and my family can't afford a vacation.

I love art and I love to draw, but she does these digital drawings that are so perfect I couldn't compete. She even got to make a papier mache skittles bag for art class.

She goes to a high school in a nearby town that has macintosh computers, new textbooks, better resources, and better programs. My school is located in central ghettoshitville and doesn't have any nice computers, nice programs, new textbooks OR fun extra curriculars. In fact, Journalism was recently removed from the extra curricular list- a class I was sincerely looking forward to.

I've known her literally since she was born- my mom was there when she was born, with me in a snuggly. We're good friends but I can't help and feel jealous of her. Her family always gets her better birthday gifts, she has both sets of grandparents, a bigger house, better clothing, a better body AND she doesn't have Autism either.

All of this and other things just made me feel like absolute garbage that day and I posted a secret about it. I'm sorry the "I should just die" part is there, I was just feeling horrible about myself and didn't think the secret would actually get posted anyway.

She doesn't actively go out of her way to be better than me, she just is. I've had to struggle with this Jealousy/Happy-for for a long time. I couldn't even go to her last birthday party because I couldn't stop sobbing beforehand. The only gift I was able to get her were rainbow shoelaces, and I remember she got a bulletin board, soap making kit, computer and a whole new paint job for her bedroom at her birthday before that, so I couldn't stand knowing my gift wouldn't have been good enough (in my eyes if not hers). I didn't even have an actual CARD for her, I drew her a card with smurfette on it.

Sorry for posting such an emo bawwfest. I'm just...ugh. I don't know. It's hard to be happy for somebody who has so much more than I do, and it's so easy to be jealous.

I was under the impression that that's not how friendship works. It's not a freaking competition, OP! You don't need to be better at something than your friend, just enjoy her company. Same goes for her - if she has some brains, she won't try to compete with you, so don't worry.
By the way, I'm sure you ARE better at something, your friend's not a goddess after all.

She did NOT beat you at art. There is no bad art. As long as it means something to you, it's beautiful
Art does not have to look a certain way to be amazing.

If your best friend makes you feel insecure in any way, chances are they aren't your best friend. Also, even if you don't have talents that materialize into 'tangible' things (art, sports, music, etc.), you might have talents that are actually incredibly important elsewhere (business management, leadership, etc).

[This is just my personal opinion]

...*Looks at OP's name*
*Facepalms*

Please, do not leave him. My boyfriend left me only a couple weeks ago. It broke my heart and I was suicidal before it happened. It would crush him. Think of all the pain you would cause people. Don't do it, you're strong, hang in there beautiful. You can do it. Nothing lasts forever ♥

It's part of the human condition to feel that way from time to time; it happens to the best and worst of us. Every time I've ever been at a low, I've always somehow crawled out of the dark tunnel I was in and the light on the other end was more than worth it.

But the main thing in getting through whatever lows I've had, is in being honest to my friends and loved ones, taking or rejecting whatever advice they had that was best for me, and ultimately getting through it myself. It's unwise to rely on anyone but yourself for your larger life questions and goals, but always wise to be open to advice and communicating freely along the way.

[This is all my personal opinion and should not be taken as any kind of professional guidance]

Tell him how you feel and then go seek professional help.

That is really selfish of you to tell him you will never leave him. I think best thing here would be to tell him the truth and what you are going through and maybe he could help.

No one ever favorites them or comments I've had like 35 secrets, your not the only one...

Mine never get posted

people care about you. there are times when you feel left out but they will end. the didn't post my story either. you have to work through it.

Firstly, this isn't a secret. Secondly, most of the secrets on here don't get posted. Maybe yours wasn't even a secret, maybe it was just a story, like many of the "secrets" on here. That could be why. Also, it doesn't mean that no one cares; you can't say that no one cares at all because it wasn't posted. This isn't a site to get help on anyway, it's for secrets and what we say doesn't make much of a difference because we don't know you.

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Thank you for guilting all the voters into posting this stupid "secret".

There is so many things wrong with this, I don't know where to start.

Listen OP, do you know how many secrets don't get voted through? About 80% of them.
I have written maybe 50 secrets and do you know how many got published? NONE.
And guess what? I DON'T CARE. At that moment I wrote them because I had the need to to confess my problems somewhere. After I submitted it, I felt better and it didn't matter whether it would be published or not.

Coming here to see if people care about you is ridiculous. We're complete strangers. We represent nothing in your life. Why would you care about our opinion?

And do you know that there is 7 billion people in whom you can confide (well, maybe not all 7 billion, but I'm sure you've met at least a thousand different people in your life). Honestly, want to know if someone cares about you? Go ask your parents. Go ask your friends. Get off the Internet and out of that house and go tell someone your problems and if they want to help you, they care.

Honestly, OP. You think we don't care? It's not personal, damn it. I vote yes or no on secrets I think should be heard. It has nothing to do whether I care about you as a person or not. And let me be honest here, when we vote for those secrets we mostly don't care. Because we don't know you. You know who cares about you? Your family and friends. Not complete strangers.

And you can't spend your life on the internet waiting for ME or ANY of other commenters here to SAVE YOU.
If you don't want to SAVE YOURSELF no amount of meaningless crap I write here will help you.

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If you make a user account, you can save and keep track of anything you post. On Six Billion Secrets, your posts will ALWAYS remain anonymous, but posting them under a user account allows you to revisit them at any time, and see who has commented, liked or faved. I definitely recommend setting one up; You'd be surprised to see how many people see and react to your posts a while after they've been made. If you have any questions, just let me know.

The site won't publish anything for 5 days, it says that right on the submit page. Read the guidelines before you have a breakdown. Anyway, over 1000 secrets are posted a day, and only about 24 are published. The voting is supposed to make those the ones that are the most interesting and meaningful, but people vote yes to everything so secrets that don't deserve it get posted, and the really great ones often don't.

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You do realize SBS is not a reliable measure of people caring for you?

i have the same problem honey, my best friend is a double zero and every time we go out she gets hit on and i don't. i just want to be her sometimes!!

Running away will only make you more miserable, I'm afraid. And also, size 0 is quite the terrifying size for a teenager to have (assuming you are one) when I'm a size 1 and only 13. Be who you are, if you want to change that, there are healthy ways (dieting, growing your hair out, styling it, etc) rather than running from your jealousy.

You should feel fantastic standing next to your best friend(s) no matter what. If you feel otherwise, then they're probably not your best friend(s).

[This is just my personal opinion]

Running away won't change your figure or your hair though. If you want to change then diet and cut, style, or grow out your hair. Being jealous of one friend is a silly reason to give up everything else in your life. Based on how young you sound, I doubt you would survive a week on your own; what would you do for shelter and food?

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