I really have no specific answer, so I'll tell you my little story hoping it helps you through another's experience...
Last semester, my first year of college, I made good friends with all the guys on my floor. There are about 14 of us on the floor, and 8 of us formed a sort of group that did everything together.
It was cool. The guys are good guys and it's fun doing things with them. But eventually they got on my nerves. They are constantly joking or pulling your leg or kidding around by poking fun at something you did. It's not always as dumb as the kind of stuff you said your friends joke about, but it's just a constant barrage of the same jokes over and over. Also they are a very judgemental type.
This semester I realized that I didn't like the guys enough to be around them all the time. So I simply stopped hanging out with them so much. I also had to keep my grades up much more than I did last semester to keep my scholarship, so I just started staying in my room more.
Fortunately, I've made better friends with my roommate and his friends, and they are much much less judgemental. Thus they are also much more fun to be around. And because I'm having more fun, and being around people who are less judgemental and less annoying, my self-esteem is soaring. Plus now I'm keeping up with my schoolwork much better, so everything is a plus.
But I didn't just completely ditch my other friends. I still hang out sometimes, and go eat with them and so on.
I don't know how much this helps. I guess some advice is to not hang out with people that you don't like. If you can, just make new friends that suit you better.
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