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Many people have given good advice. You definitely need to stand up for yourself. If your friends don't respect you after that, then you need new friends.
I used to be really afraid of losing friends by being confrontational, but conflict and confrontations are a part of life. After moving from group to group and getting shit on a lot, I really found that most of the change had to come from within. It's great to be a nice guy and want to get along with people, but not everyone is as friendly as you and have no qualms about taking advantage of you. Trying to assert oneself is definitely a skill that doesn't come easily to some people. Hell, I still have trouble asserting myself without getting overly aggressive.
Your self-esteem is what's at stake here, and if you don't fix it, it'll haunt you in the future. Find a good network of friends that genuinely care about you.
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