Has anyone else had particularly negative friends? Some of my closest friends recently decided to "stage an intervention" with me where they told me that my pursuit of seduction was pissing off their friends. Apparently one of them received several complaints from his female friends about me flirting with them. One of my good friends told me that I need to stop trying to hit on girls, stop approaching girls in bars, and start being myself. He said I'm "trying too hard" and that this type of behavior is "creepy." I personally think he's full of shit.

I'm coming from a pretty rough background, having had very little success with women. I think I've hit rock bottom and I really can't go any lower. I am angry, depressed, irritable, and jaded, and I feel that the only way to get my life in order is to get this handled. I believe it's one of the keys to my happiness. Yet my friends still want to spew the same "nice guy" bullshit at me.

Should I ditch these guys? They are some of my best friends, but at the same time it feels like they are holding me back from reaching my true potential. The only thing preventing me from being successful is them telling me not to work on my game.

How do you guys deal with negative friends?