Tag: making friends
Words with Friends? Another Way to Make New Friends
If you are a nerdy wordy like me, you’ll love this story that I wrote for the NBC Universal website, Life Goes Strong, Words with Friends: A Serendipitous Way to make new friends. It’s about two people, one from Chicago and the other from the Netherlands, who met over this highly addictive word game and [...]
Friendship by the Book – MWF Seeking BFF: My Yearlong Search for a New Best Friend
You might call Rachel Bertsche a serial dater. But that doesn’t quite capture her unique adventure. After relocating to Chicago, bereft of the strong network of friends, colleagues and familial supports she had in New York, the author spent 52 weeks prospecting for girlfriends in her search for a bestie. She’s written a highly [...]
A Refrigerator List: 5 Simple Ways to Improve Your Friendships in 2012
Maybe it’s a personal thing, but New Year’s resolutions don’t sit well with me. Picture a colorful bouquet of carefully selected balloons whose air fizzles out all too quickly. When I’ve made resolutions in years past, they were generally made with an initial burst of enthusiasm that fell flat well before the month of January [...]
Moving and Friendship: Is moving a good way to make new friends?
When you move, you take some emotional baggage with you… QUESTION Dear Irene, I recently moved to San Francisco after graduating college. I have a tough job, but thought that the city would provide for a worthy night life. It has been four months and I haven’t made friends with anyone I would like [...]
Lonely in High School
The middle of high school can be a difficult time to make new friends, especially in small schools and small towns. QUESTION Dear Irene, I’m a 17-year-old high school girl. Recently, my best friend since fifth grade quit talking to me. We never had a fight and I never thought anything was wrong. Just [...]
College Friendships 101: The First Semester
Don’t expect too much too soon. QUESTION Hi Irene, I’m a freshman at a large, public university this year and I’ve been in school for almost two months now. My dorm is very small—and sororities aren’t my thing—but I have joined many different clubs. I’ve been very social and outgoing around people that [...]
A newish mother finds it hard to make new friends
Making new friends takes time, self-confidence, and creativity QUESTION Dear Irene, Friendships have become a sore point for me at this juncture in my life. I am in my 30s and have a lovely husband and toddler son. I used to work full time and hence, never really developed any friendships in my neighborhood. [...]
