Here's the blunt basic issue; my friends hate my boyfriend.
Ok so maybe it's not that bad yet, but it seems to be getting there.

I'll give the back story here. When we first started going out it was pretty ok. Then my bf and my best friend, lets call her amy, started butting heads a bit. Teasing turned into actual animosity and now they just flat out dislike, maybe even hate each other. I found the teasing "oh I hate your boyfriend!" thing kind of funny at first, but now it's just not. So anyway today my other best friend, we'll call her kate, got into kind of an argument with my bf. He declared he hated her (although I assumed he wasn't serious) but she was convinced he was dead serious and was genuinely hurt. Now kate and bf avoid one another like the plague, all the while amy still hates him and a third friend, umm tina, will most definitely side with them on all occasions.
The thing that really broke me was today after school, kate drove me home and upon dropping me off we started talking in her car. She basically confessed (in the nicest way she could) that she thinks my bf is a jerk. She didn't say it to hurt me, only to clarify to me how she felt about him.

I'm being very reasonable here. I accept fully that you cannot force people to like other people--if they don't, that's it, they just don't. But the thing is, this whole situation is very stressful for me! We all go to the same school so my bf and friends are in close proximity all the time, and I'm always stuck in the middle when they bicker! Or the target of pissy looks and comments when, heaven forbid, I take bf's side.

Tomorrow is the first day of the new term at school, and we are all (as in my 3 best friends and bf) in the same lunch. I have no idea what I am going to do. I also have a fear that this hate will distance me from my friends. I had no idea this would become such an issue!

(sorry for the life story btw)

You'll have to see what happens and report back, and we can assess the situation, but try to get everyone to sit together.

bros before hoes.

But you gotta spend time with both. Me and my gf don't usually sit together at lunch just because we see our own friends...its not that big of a deal.

You don't need to be with your bf and your friends at the same time...that could help solve problems. The best thing is to just try and have them get along...maybe start by finding out why your friends don't like him.

I agree with MMe, and i also think you should show your friends that your BF is not that bad... and you should talk to your BF about this, to see if there's any way of making peace among the 2 parties..

hope i helped..

you should definitely talk to your friends.. why don't they like him again? is it something he did to them or maybe they don't think he treats you right? or maybe he's just known as a jerk..
all you have to know is how he treats you.. are your friends' complaint valid? is he really an ass? if not, i think you should tell your friends that you appreciate them telling you how they feel but you need them to keep their feelings to themselves and not interfere with your relationship with him..
if they really care about you.. the least they can do is tolerate him without saying bad stuff about him around you?

I'm having sort of the same problem, meaning that because my bf and I come from 'different worlds', my friends don't trust him.
I know what you mean when you say it's frustrating ! But maybe you should ask your friends to keep their opinion for themselves. When they start telling you what they really think, it hurts like mad. I also tend to become agressive then because I take my bf's side...

If you're all in the same school, you won't be able to avoid contact between your friends and bf. But as yuipueiy said, ask them if they can try to avoid nasty remarks about him when you're around.