I know exactly how you feel. My daughter is 13 and has NO "real" friends at all. That breaks my heart but it doesn't seem to bother her, unless she's just saying that because she's protecting herself. We had been going to a certain church since the day she was born. We left that church when she was around 12 years old. She had made LOTS of good friends while going there and she even had a very best friend. Well, when we left that church ALL of her friends (and mine) dumped us. So, she was left with no one close and because she's homeschooled, it made it that much harder to make new friends. It really breaks my heart and I'm not sure why. I know that when I was younger, I had lots of friends. But I also know that today's world is much different from "way back then" and people (girls mostly) aren't the same. My daughter is also very, very pretty and very nice and I think other girls (well, I know) other girls look at her and are jealous. She doesn't flaunt herself in skimpy clothing or talk trash like a sailor either. She gets along with anyone from the age of 8 to 108. She can hold a decent conversation with those ages too! I truly believe that the "friend" thing is overrated. I mean, at 13 (my daughter's age) why am I pushing it so much (to myself) that she NEEDS to have lots of friends? She likes to be around me. We have the same thing in common (horses) and we spend most of our time around our horse(s). I know where she is, who she's with and what she's doing ALL of the time. I guess I need to tell myself that there's nothing wrong with that. Phew...thanks for letting me get all of that out!