AOL My Daily – Help, I Hate My Friend’s Spouse!
By Colleen Oakly
AOL My Daily
April 27, 2011—
If your Courteney Cox is married to a David Arquette, don’t fret. Here
are five tips from top relationship experts to keep your friendship from
heading to splitsville (at least before her relationship does)…
are five tips from top relationship experts to keep your friendship from
heading to splitsville (at least before her relationship does)…
3. Tell your friend.
This is the hardest part, but best friends are honest with each other.
You just have to do it in the right way. "Explain the reasons you don’t
like him, but also voice the qualities about him that you do like," says
Dr. Irene Levine, author of "Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup With Your Best Friend."
Then allow her to talk about what she loves about her partner, says
O’Neill. "It’s important that she feel completely heard," she says.
Finally, be clear that you will not allow this to harm your relationship
with her and that you’ll try to find peace with her choice of partner,
she advises.
This is the hardest part, but best friends are honest with each other.
You just have to do it in the right way. "Explain the reasons you don’t
like him, but also voice the qualities about him that you do like," says
Dr. Irene Levine, author of "Best Friends Forever: Surviving a Breakup With Your Best Friend."
Then allow her to talk about what she loves about her partner, says
O’Neill. "It’s important that she feel completely heard," she says.
Finally, be clear that you will not allow this to harm your relationship
with her and that you’ll try to find peace with her choice of partner,
she advises.
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