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Ending a friendship: My friend’s partner is toxic

How do you end a friendship when your friend’s partner who is intrusive and foul-mouthed?

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How to end a friendship after growing apart

April 19, 2013 | By | 8 Replies Continue Reading

It’s always hard to end a friendship, especially one with a friend that you have known for many years. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers.

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The last straw in a friendship that is waning

I think I have a friendship that is waning. I met her at a support group about a year ago for people who want to improve their communication, etc. Oddly, we are not communicating. She had extended herself to me, initially.

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Can a friendship overcome a terrible betrayal?

February 28, 2013 | By | 6 Replies Continue Reading

Whether a friendship can survive after a betrayal depends on whether the friend who was betrayed is able to forgive.

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Should I end this friendship?

February 4, 2013 | By | Reply Continue Reading

I have a friend whom I‘ve known for over five years. Lately, she has really hurt me in a lot of ways. How do I know If she is really my friend or it is time to end this friendship?

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How do I break up with a group?

January 27, 2013 | By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

I met some people and we had a shared hobby, so we started meeting on a regular basis to share information and enjoy our common interest. As a group we made decisions about what we would do and not do, when we would meet, how often, etc. However, over time, the group changed and there was no longer a single focus; it became much more of a social event than a study group.

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Media opportunity: Have you broken up with a best friend?

December 20, 2012 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

Have you broken up with a best friend?

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An unsettling blow-up with a passive-aggressive friend

December 11, 2012 | By | 15 Replies Continue Reading

I’ve recently called it quits with a very long-term friend, 28 years to be exact (I’m 40). I realized I was in a passive-aggressive relationship for years and found myself completely fed up.

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Letting go of a best friend isn’t easy

December 8, 2012 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

A month ago, my friend sent me an email out of nowhere saying that she no longer wanted to be friends anymore, that this was goodbye.

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My friend at work dumped me: Should I keep hanging on to hope?

November 1, 2012 | By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

It’s been one-and-a-half years since my good friend and I broke up. As background, I’m 39 and she’s 45. I’m single and she’s divorced. Neither of us have kids. We had been good friends for seven years…met at work. We still have the same workplace and have the same group of lunch buddies. We don’t work closely together but we do see each other at lunch and in the hallway.

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