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Monthly Archives: June 2012
Friendship Break-Up 2: Saving a Drift, Avoiding a Rift
Friendship break-ups can be so hard. And painful. And sad. And, oh, ever so complicated! In the last post we looked at the two main types of friendship break-ups, with most of the focus being on The Drift–a more slow … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Difficulty & Challenges, How To?, Life Stages
Tagged disappoint, fighting, friend, friendship drift, generosity, healthy expectations, life changes, mad, new normal, not in common, practice, she doesn't understand, she's getting married, she's having a baby, two people
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Friendship Break-Up 1: A Drift or a Rift?
A TV producer called me last week because her afternoon TV show is hoping to interview some women who are currently going through BFF break-ups. (Details below if you’re willing!) She said that when the show idea was discussed, nearly … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Difficulty & Challenges, Our Mistakes
Tagged betrayed, break up, change, common causes, disappointment, drift apart, drift away, ending, fight, forgiving a friend, frenemy, hurt, mad, our lives are so different, replace friends, replace half our friends every seven years, rift, transition
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Vulnerability, Weight, Nudity, and Judgment
I’ve been thinking about bodies, weight, and insecurities a lot lately. I was somewhat shocked when my last blog post (“The Judgment of Weight”) skyrocketed to first place as the most read blog on this site. In hindsight, I shouldn’t … Continue reading
