Archive for July, 2011

Guest Post: 7 ways to cheer up a girlfriend

Published: July 31, 2011 | Last Updated: June 1, 2020 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

Don’t you love when your friends are there for you? Here are some ways to cheer up a girlfriend and be a better friend. By Judi Cogan, Girlfriendology* We all have great days when we want to shout happiness from a rooftop somewhere. We all have days that are neither wonderful nor terrible. Sometimes we have […]

Read More

Keeping peace with the daughter-in-law from hell

Published: July 29, 2011 | Last Updated: January 7, 2016 By | 8 Replies Continue Reading

The relationship between mothers-in-laws and daughter-in-laws can be tricky.

Read More

Five signs a friendship is falling apart

Published: July 28, 2011 | Last Updated: January 7, 2016 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

Unlike the engaging plots of novels and TV dramas and sitcoms, most friendships don’t end because of big blowups or betrayals. Rather two friends slowly drift apart, without fireworks or fanfare, because their lives have gone in different directions. While it’s comforting to think that our friendships will last forever (and, perhaps that’s what allows […]

Read More

WebMD – Friends: How to Make, Keep, or Leave Them

Published: July 27, 2011 | Last Updated: July 27, 2011 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

By Lisa Fields Maybe you have 571 friends on Facebook, but do you have close friends you want to hang with? A few special friends you can tell nearly anything? It’s important for all of us to have good friends — and to know how to end friendships that aren’t working anymore. Here are some […]

Read More

F is for Friendship in Middle Grade Novels

Published: July 27, 2011 | Last Updated: July 27, 2011 By | Reply Continue Reading

Every once in a while, I’m quoted in various blogs. I loved this post so thought I would share it. Author Andrea Mack talks about how friendships stories can ring true in middle grade novels.   She writes: Between the ages of 9 and 14, kids are starting to explore relationships with people outside their families. […]

Read More

A Haunting Death: Could friends have saved Amy Winehouse?

Published: July 27, 2011 | Last Updated: July 27, 2011 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

  People were shocked to hear of the death of singer Amy Winehouse. What are your thoughts about whether the support of good friends might have averted this tragedy? Choose one answer below or write in your own thoughts. <a href="http://polldaddy.com/poll/5278742/">A Haunting Death: Could friends have saved Amy Winehouse?"</a>

Read More

An inconvenient truth: She’s made you a second-tier friend

Published: July 26, 2011 | Last Updated: October 31, 2012 By | 22 Replies Continue Reading

If you feel like a second-tier friend, it’s not a friendship of equals QUESTION Dear Irene, I’ve been friends with a woman for about four years now. As time progressed, we became closer, or so I thought. We both moved here from other areas and I introduced her to our neighborhood book club, my hairstylist, etc. The […]

Read More

The Phase Out (Times Two)

Published: July 25, 2011 | Last Updated: July 25, 2011 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading

When friends are always busy and never initiate contact, they may be trying to step back from the friendship~   QUESTION Dear Irene, For the last couple of years my friend has been slowly but surely phasing me out of her life. I’m no longer invited to events and she’s usually busy when I suggest […]

Read More

Guest Post: Meeting Blog Friends – by Roni Bennett

Published: July 23, 2011 | Last Updated: July 23, 2011 By | 3 Replies Continue Reading
Guest Post: Meeting Blog Friends – by Roni Bennett

I read Ronni Bennett’s post on friendship and blogging, which certainly resonated with my experience. She graciously agreed to allow me to repost it here. Are any of you bloggers? Have you made friends blogging? – Irene    Meeting Blog Friends by Roni Bennett Anyone who’s been reading Time Goes By for any length of […]

Read More

Cafe Mom: End of Friendship Can Be As Devastating as Divorce

Published: July 22, 2011 | Last Updated: July 22, 2011 By | Reply Continue Reading

By Mod Ana-Mexicana 7/21/11   Women tend to share everything with their closest female friends, things they would never dream of discussing with their spouse or partners. So when the person who knows you inside out turns their back on you, it feels like a stab through the heart.   "Women’s friendships can be very […]

Read More