I've a lot of fake friends. What should I do?

Hey, I can understand your situation. Below some of the pointers could help you here:

1. Understand yourself. You must be coming from a place where you are trying to involve yourself with people who according to you are good, cool meaning some kind of criteria they meet. Now that criteria could be liking them, or seeing them enjoying from outside and thinking they are having fun etc. it could be any silliest reason possible. We generally don't want to miss out on things and then try to get mixed up with people or help out people even if they don't require it or someone else is there to help them but that person kind of avoid them, so we go ahead and try to be that "better person".

2. Be thankful that you are having this kind of experience early on. Learn from it, as to what exactly you want from people and what kind of people you want to deal with. Of course, this goes without saying, that you have to be humble and aware enough to learn that thing about yourself.

3. Set some healthy boundaries. Don't be too much available for anyone or don't go out of your way to help them out. Sometimes, we tend to cloud our judgements so much with the fear of someone leaving us or with giving them a high pedestal that we try to make life convenient for them every now and then. That doesn't mean you don't have to be kind and helpful to people whenever necessary but know the difference between when you have to actually help and when they are just trying to take advantage of you.

4. Be critical of yourself of the choices you made, as to why you made it in the first place. But be kind enough to yourself as well since you are understanding yourself and are experiencing the world for the first time with its true nature. The more you will go ahead in your life and if by chance in the corporate world, you will meet people becoming sweet like jaggery to take advantage of you. So, have open talks of experiences with your elders like this and act according to the person you are dealing with. You will get to know this in due time, through experiences for sure.

5. I get it you are frustrated, and it could be happening that the same thoughts roam around in your mind. Don't think about this too much and learn to let things and people go. You have just started your journey and you will meet a lot of people whom you will have to let go of, since their role is temporary. You won't have every person you meet in your life. So, no matter how bad or good things go, everyone has their time, just think about it like this. They plated their part, good or bad, move on. It's all experience. But beware, it's easier said than done. Too difficult to have this realisation.

6. Learn this: You don't control people's behaviour and cannot dictate it. No matter how good you are, how honest or how saint you are. You can only and only take responsibility for yourself and try to respond, not react, to others'actions. Learn to observe, understand and then respond.

7. Don't try to link this feeling with your work and studies. This kind of motivation or thought process may take you ahead but won't fuel you longer. It may backfire as well where you are trying to prove yourself better but end up frustrated when they perform better than you. So, learn to improve yourself with a healthy competition. Neither do they owe you anything, nor you. So, look after yourself first.

8. Learn to live alone. With your thoughts, with yourself. Learn to manage yourself, learn to do chores and you will see for yourself where you are heading. We see other people and think grass is greener on the other side but won't see ourselves what good or bad we are doing. Evaluate yourself and your actions because in this article you typed, it's not just their fault but yours as well. So take that accountability.

Hope this helps. Apologies, if I may have come out harsh with some points. But I have learned this the hard way and it took a lot of my time to understand that it's just you in the end who is working on your story. Your only people who would look out for you are parents, siblings and God (if you believe in him/her).

Somewhere I feel you are equally responsible. Your vibe attracts your tribe is true.

Slowly cut them off and invest more effort and time in building friendships with nicer people

Ask them for 500 rs.

Try rajnigandha. Saare gum pik me Mila do