Tag: marriage
Friendship and aging: Is losing interest in friends an aging thing?
Each of my women friends has — or had — good qualities, but ultimately, the positive didn’t outweigh the negative. Is my laziness in trying to make new (better, more compatible) friends an aging thing?
Guest Post: The Importance of Friends When a Guy is Planning His Marriage Proposal
Most of the posts on The Friendship Blog either apply to women or are general enough to apply to both sexes. Blogger Grace Pamer agreed to share a post that is focused on male friendships, suggesting the special importance of these relationships at a particular juncture in life: when men are contemplating a marriage proposal.
IN THE NEWS: Best Friends as Almost-Husbands
With women marrying later, more likely to be self-supporting, and sometimes opting to remain single, it’s not uncommon for them to find a best friend with whom they get very attached—in a relationship almost as intimate as a marriage.
IN THE MEDIA: How Marriage Changes Friendships
The Friendship Doctor was recently interviewed by Lisa Milbrand of TheNest.com, who wrote an article about the many ways marriage can change, and even derail, friendships.
A troubled marriage can make for troubled friendships
QUESTION Dear Irene, I am so happy I have come across this blog and your book, Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend. It is nice to know there is a place to go for understanding and support when female friendships go awry. I, too, have a story. I met a friend [...]
Regretting the loss of a 20-year friendship
While it’s sad to let go of a long-term friendship, it isn’t necessarily a reason for regret. QUESTION Hi Irene, I have been friends with someone for over twenty years. She’s remarried to a guy, whom I don’t think likes my husband or me. We use to be invited to her Christmas party every year. [...]
Is it possible to have two male best friends if one is your husband?
QUESTION Hi Irene, I have been with my now-husband for around eight years and I still love him very much. I consider him a best friend. I can be myself totally with him. We have the same interests, the same dreams, and the same goals in life. He is someone I love to spend time with, whom [...]
Fear of Losing All My Friends
Not all friendships last forever: We should always be open to new ones QUESTION Hi Irene, Over the last few months, my best friend, whom I’ll call "L," has grown close to another of my friends, "S." They have done several things together without including me. I’m not interested in some of the [...]
Friendship: When Little Problems Mushroom into Big Ones
QUESTION Hi Irene, I’ve been struggling about what to do about my friend Jennifer, whom I’ve known for 14 years. She really took me aback with a letter she wrote me almost a year ago. It included everything I had done that had upset her, all the way back to 2005, when she was my [...]
