Archive for December, 2009

Why Sarah Jessica Parker is jealous of Carrie Bradshaw

Published: December 30, 2009 | Last Updated: April 29, 2022 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

I have to admit that each time I watch a re-run of Sex and The City, I’m jealous of Carrie Bradshaw’s friendships. The foxy quartet seems to have infinite time and opportunity to sit, talk, and laugh.   For me, carving out time to meet a friend for a leisurely lunch feels like a guilty […]

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Raised by wolves: Is having no friends her mother’s fault?

Published: December 27, 2009 | Last Updated: May 14, 2020 By | 5 Replies Continue Reading

When someone has no friends, is it due to parenting?

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Chatelaine Magazine interviews Dr. Levine about The Myth of the BFF

Published: December 26, 2009 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | Reply Continue Reading

An excellent article by Kate Fillion in the January 2010 issue of Chatelaine (the Canadian magazine) describes the reasons why your once-BFF can suddenly disappear from your life.   Kate interviewed Dr. Levine extensively for the article, calling Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup with Your Best Friend "that rare self-help book that not only […]

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Chatelaine Magazine discusses the Myth of the BFF

Published: December 26, 2009 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

For my Canadian friends and readers especially:   An excellent article by Kate Fillion in the January 2010 issue of Chatelaine describes the reasons why your once-BFF can suddenly leave your life.   You can read the Chatelaine article in its entirety here.    

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Friendship on the rocks: She’s never invited to the parties

Published: December 23, 2009 | Last Updated: December 23, 2009 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION   Dear Irene, I met my best friend at a small restaurant where we both used to work. Even after I quit, Dee and I were very close and talked on the phone two or three times a day. We knew every personal detail of each other’s lives. She used to tell me you […]

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Bad News: What would you say to Mrs. Tiger Woods if you were her BFF?

Published: December 20, 2009 | Last Updated: December 20, 2009 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

What would you say to Elin Nordegren (Mrs. Tiger Woods) if you were her BFF? Bad news can take many forms but the rules of friendship-on how to help a close friend who is dealing with bad stuff-are fairly universal.   What would you say to any friend who was experiencing an overwhelming personal problem? […]

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No Nonsense tips to help friendships survive the challenges of time and distance

Published: December 15, 2009 | Last Updated: December 15, 2009 By | Reply Continue Reading

Being a BFF takes effort, especially when friendships are  challenged by time and distance. These five tried and true tips were gleaned from insights contained in more than 16,000 essays submitted in the No nonsense® Between Friends Contest. For more information, visit www.nononsense.com.   1.  Be invested. It’s going to be a bit harder to […]

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Watching a good friend make bad decisions

Published: December 12, 2009 | Last Updated: August 25, 2010 By | Reply Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene,   My friend Michelle, whom I’ve known over ten years, was a late relationship bloomer. She broke up with her first serious boyfriend about a year ago; they were together for three years. It destroyed her. But less than two weeks later, she was talking to him again. He didn’t want to […]

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Hard to say goodbye: Ending a 20-year friendship

Published: December 12, 2009 | Last Updated: February 4, 2013 By | 12 Replies Continue Reading

I have spent countless hours trying to understand what happened to my friendship. I’m 63 and Donna is 67. We met at work and shared the same office for about ten years.

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Dr. Lois’ Book Group

Published: December 11, 2009 | Last Updated: December 20, 2009 By | Reply Continue Reading

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