My daughter says things about her friends that make me think she is trying to pull away. Once she said that "I will go to college" referring to her friends who don't have high school diplomas. She has and old boyfriend who also has not finished high school and she said if he didn't get a GED they would be over. He never has and she is going to college in the Fall. Unfortunately, this particular 'bad boy' still calls her constantly sometimes even crying wanting to be with her. The last message he left was that if he didn't see her he didn't think life was worth living. I would have personally given him a ride to the Golden Gate for a quick jump if he had asked.
My daughter also has a gf who tries to go gangster. She pretends and is even almost lookign the part. I don't get it. Maybe it was like my desire to be a hippie in my younger days. It seemed appealing at the time.