independance, lacking it. Options

[*[2]Nekked*]

i have this friend who just..lacks any opinion of her own or any independance. dont get me wrong though, i love her to death, but sometimes i wish she would speak up more. she really needs more confidence. but sometimes i just cant stand it when people let others step all over them. her boyfriend is such an effing bastard sometimes, the way he talks to her i just wanna punch him, but its really none of my business, and i really wish she would stand up for herself. i dunno... had to get that out..

what are your thoughts on these kind of situations and people?

[sweetxsimplicity]

I used to be like that...=X haha I think you should maybe like talk to her about it. And tell her that she shouldn't let people step all over her. Tell her that she should speak up more because she would be more remembered-people don't really remember quiet people. psh..that's what my sister told me xD but I didn't really care that time haha. I used to be really shy and I know it sounds stupid but I would pray to God for me to like talk more...I wish I talked, but I used to really care what people thought of me and I thought that if I said something wrong, they would hate me, I knew that wasn't true but its just what I thought, so I stopped myself from talking whenver I had something to say. xD Sorry if that didn't really help...its a short biography of what helped me overcome err..quietness xD

i know no one's going to read this... its too long..xP oh well it was fun to type =]