Archive for August, 2011
With Friends Like These: Book Giveaway and Q & A with Author Sally Koslow
Sally Koslow’s witty and wise novel, With Friends Like These, just came out in paperback. The story focuses on an important friendship theme, disappointment and forgiveness among friends. If you would like to win two copies of the book — one for you and one for a friend — post your own story about […]
My Home Away from Home: Making Friends in Maine
There are challenges in making and keeping friends in two geographical locations simultaneously but they can be overcome if you set your mind to it.
My friend doesn’t know how to say “thank you”
A friend sends a gift to her friend’s teenage daughter and receives no acknowledgement. Should she say something? QUESTION Hi Irene, My friend is having a hard time financially and hasn’t been shy in letting me know. When it came time for her daughter’s high school graduation last May, I sent the girl, whom […]
UK Daily Mail – The Curse of the Toxic Friend
How eight in ten of us put up with people who cause more harm than good By Tamara Abraham Last updated at 8:25 AM on 23rd August 2011 Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2028897/How-8-10-people-cause-harm-good.html#ixzz1VrbpCJRS
Should My Friend Who Gossips Tell Me What I Don’t Want To Hear?
Just because your friend who gossips heard something about you doesn’t necessarily she should pass it along to you.
Do I have to be friends with a difficult sister-in-law?
Relationships with sister-in-laws can be complicated — especially for women, who tend to be the “connectors” or glue that holds families together.
CNN Mexico – 8 tácticas contra los molestos coqueteos de tu jefe
Habla Espanol? “Expresa tu descontento de una manera graciosa que no lo condene”, dice Irene Levine, una profesora de psiquiatría en la Escuela de Medicina de la Universidad de Nueva York. “En vez de eso, toma tú la responsabilidad. Por ejemplo, puedes decir: ‘Prefiero siempre separar lo personal de los negocios. Sé que estás […]
My friend’s husband put the moves on me: Should I tell her?
Should a woman tell when a friend’s husband or lover comes on to to her? Short answer: It depends.
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