What do you do when your friend is dating a bad guy?

Here’s how to handle this delicate situation without sacrificing your bond, according to two relationship experts.

1. Ask yourself why you dislike this person.
2. Consider what your friend sees in them.
3. Use this as an opportunity to grow.
4. Don’t make them the villain.
5. Give it time.

How do you save a friend from a bad relationship?

How To Help A Friend In An Unhealthy Relationship

1. Listen.
2. Share Your Own Unhealthy Relationship Experiences.
3. Broach The Subject Gently.
4. Build Your Friend’s Self-Image.
5. Don’t Judge Your Friend.
6. Don’t Criticize.
7. Tell Your Friend You’re Always There.
8. Check In.

How do you tell someone you’re not happy?

You may also find the following tips helpful:

1. Try to focus on your own feelings, and not blame your partner for stuff. Use ‘I’ phrases: ‘I think’, ‘I feel’, ‘I want’.
2. Listen to what they’re saying – relationships are about working together.
3. Keep calm.

What to do when your friend wants to break up with you?

1. Listen “Let your friend talk, be supportive, and don’t pressure him or her to drop the relationship,” Tina B. Tessina, aka Dr. Romance, psychotherapist and author of How to be Happy Partners: Working it out Together, tells Bustle. If you’re aggressive, you’ll just wind up pushing your pal away.

How do you deal with a friend who can’t function?

If you are the friend, show up and just do. Don’t ask. Just do. Empty the dishwasher, handle the laundry, give your friend’s kids dinner. Show up and be “The Doer” because your friend just can’t. My husband was on a business trip the day my dad died and I couldn’t function.

Should I be embarrassed by my boyfriend and his female friends?

If your friends and family are starting to catch on to the fact that there’s something seriously up with your boyfriend and his female friends, well, that definitely tells you everything that you need to know, right? You should never be embarrassed by your boyfriend or by anything that’s going on in your relationship.

Should I pry my boyfriend away from his friends?

You have no choice, really, because they want your boyfriend and they want him now. You shouldn’t have to pry him away from his friends when you’re at a party or event because you can’t believe how super flirty they’re being.