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Monthly Archives: July 2012
Friendship Break-Ups 4: Letting Go or Holding On?
There are two extreme responses I see women consistently make when it comes to responding to the Drift in our relationships. One is to hang onto every friendship “no matter what.” They feel guilty if they don’t make them all … Continue reading
Three Things I Wish I had said To Kathie Lee and Hoda on the TODAY Show
We Interrupt this Programming I’m currently in the middle of a series about friendship drifts and rifts with so much more to say (and I know I specifically committed myself last week to writing another blog about how adultery can … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Circles of Connectedness, Consistency, Making Friends, Types of Friends
Tagged Brafman Brothers, break up with friends, Click, common, Consistency, drift apart from, female friendships, friendships, have in common, Hoda, Kathie Lee, Make Friends, make new, New Friends, only talk once a year, Shasta Nelson, Today Show, where do people make friends, women friendships
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Help! Should I Tell My Friend that Her Husband is Cheating on Her?
I’m adding to my Friendship Break-up Series with a real life example sent to me by a reader of this blog. I don’t know her or the situation so this is by no means advice to her specifically, as much … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Difficulty & Challenges, How To?
Tagged adultery, affairs, boyfriend, do I tell my friend, I saw my friends husband, loyalty to friend, most women stay in marraiges after affairs, my friends marriage, my friendship ended, shoot the messenger, shoudl I tell my friend that her husband is cheating on her
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Friendship Break-Ups 3: “Was She Really a Friend, Anyway?”
The other night I was out with some new friends and, as often happens when someone finds out that my work is all about female friendships, women I barely know start to tell me their friendship woes. One very friendly … Continue reading
Posted in Break Ups, Circles of Connectedness, Difficulty & Challenges, Our Mistakes
Tagged 5 Circles of Friends, Circles, Commitment Friends, Common Friends, Confirmed Friends, disappointments, friend failed, friendship break-ups, Left side friends, Right-Side Friends, Shasta's Circles of Connectedness, Types of Friends, was she a real friend, wasn't there for me
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