Although I may not post on the OT much, I'll write blogs regularly. When it comes to advice, you guys are the best. :up:

No, it's not a girl problem. It's a friend problem. Nothing has occured yet, but tension is growing, unfortunately.

Here's the the deal. My friend Jake has been changing a lot. Not in a good way, though. He's doing it for show, mostly to try to go out with this one girl named Annie.

This is how it started. My other friend, Patrick (who I've known forever know, we've always been great friends), decides to introduce Jake to a new group of friends. All of them are very much like Patrick, your regular indie kids who are very much interested in under-the-radar things and typically live a more relaxed way of life. Jake, not so much. A very smart kid, very much into gaming and classical music. You could say nerd, but that's too strong of a word. Anyway, he now hangs out with them constantly. That's all he wants to do. Patrick has gotten fed up with it, and left. Jake is now interested in a girl from there, and person who is nothing like him. Whenever they are around, he flirts, but she doesn't. It's rather awkward, but he can't see it.

Now, that's the back up story. I really don't care about that. This is what I care about:

He's not who he is anymore. He's changing himself to the likings of other, just for a few people who may be seen as more popular. Example, he's told me numerous times the kind of music he likes. I introduced him to Neutral Milk Hotel, Sonic Youth and Radiohead, and he didn't like it. A few days later, when we're in the car, Annie pops it in, and all of the sudden, he's in love with every song of theirs (and anything the indie kids suggest).

I'm not the only person concerned with this. There are many others. This is very important to me. I'm not going to lose a friend just because he's becoming someone who he isn't.