My friends don't understand. They take things for granted. They tell me how their lives suck because they didn't get the gift they wanted of the guy they were "dating" broke up with them because they never talk to each other. They don't understand!!! Their lives are so much better than mine. They don't have a drunk for a father who abuses them. They don't have a mother who stands in the shadows, watching and not helping her children. They've never been hit in the face so hard that it splits their lips. They don't get how it feels to be alone in a crowded room. They've had their pick of boyfriends, and they cry when they break up with them after a couple of hours. I wouldn't know how that feels. I've never had a boyfriend. I've never had someone to comfort me through the tough times. I've never had a shoulder to lean on. I've only had myself to depend on. My friends just don't understand. They...are...so...incompetent.