friendship blog

I hope you're surrounded by the warmth of family and friends---near and far---and that you are thankful for the bounty at your table.

 

Thanks for visiting my blog and enriching my understanding of friendship.

 

Irene

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If you haven’t been checking in here regularly, you may have missed some of these posts that appeared this month:

Co-rumination: Is it healthy for adolescents to rehash their boy problems?
A research study looks at the impact of adolescent girls who constantly talk to one another about guy problems

Bonding when things go bad
A post about a female support group called Dating a Banker Anonymous (the women who started the group later admitted that their story, published in the New York Times, was an exaggeration)

Reader Q & A: By love possessed
A reader writes about her overly-possessive friend

A "good enough" friend
A reader is haunted by a friend who has told her she isn’t “good enough”

Girlfriendology: Inspiring Female Friendships
An interview with Debra Hauppert, the girl behind Girlfriendology, an online community for women that aims to celebrate, appreciate and inspire women

For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship
Part 1 of an interview with wedding expert Sharon Naylor, author of 35 wedding books

What to do and say when your friend gets a pink slip
A link to my podcast on Girlfriendology on how to handle a friend who gets fired

She's Just Not That Into You: Six ways to know when a girlfriend's a frenemy
My advice on how to recognize a friend who’s not a friend

Friendship by the Book: Second Chance by Jane Green
My thoughts about this latest book by chick-lit author Jane Green

Valentine's Day: Not Just for Lovers
A new look at what Valentine’s Day means to friends, a memorial tribute to my dad

Double Trouble: Losing two friends at once
A reader writes about her misfortune of losing two close friends in close succession

For Better or For Worse: Weddings and Friendship - Part II
The second part of my interview with wedding expert, Sharon Naylor

Just Do It: Putting a fractured friendship behind you
A reader expresses her discomfort in getting past a friendship that has fallen apart

Reader Q & A: Unable to let go
A reader is unable to let go of a toxic friend who always causes her great pain

Friendless in Seattle
How can a middle-aged woman be unable to keep a friend?

Friendship and Money: She's fired, you're not
The first part of an interview with journalist Emma Johnson, who covers money and finance topics for MSN.com

A writer asks: How could my colleague and friend undermine me?
A colleague of mine expresses her disappointment at being shafted by a writer-friend

Till Kids Do Us Part: A BabyCenter.com interview on pregnancy, motherhood and friendship
Kristina Sauerwein’s two-part interview with me on BabyCenter.com

And the month still isn’t over! Well, it almost is---and if you live in the Northeast like me, we'll all be happy when the bitter winter months morph into spring.

My blog readership is on a steady ascent, thanks to you. My book is slated for publication by Overlook Press this coming September, finally.

Please continue to visit my blog and share your questions, comments, anecdotes, stories and thoughts about your friendships (including the ones that got away)---and to share the URL with your real friends, Facebook friends, and MySpace friends.

I'd also very much appreciate your signing up to be my fan on The Huffington Post and chiming in there when you have something to add.

In friendship,
Irene