Tag: advice
Friendship: Are My Expectations Too High?
Sometimes expectations need to be tempered because different people have different styles and approaches to friendship.
Can a friendship overcome a terrible betrayal?
Whether a friendship can survive after a betrayal depends on whether the friend who was betrayed is able to forgive.
No friends: Don’t tell me to join a group
Some people are joiners and others aren’t. There are other ways to meet new people—but you need to discover how and it may take more time and effort. QUESTION Hi Irene, I am a forty-something woman, no kids. I used to have friends, a life, and a career. Then we moved to a rural area for […]
From the Friendship Forums – On Learning from Past Mistakes
I’ve had years of unsuccessful female relationships. I’m 46 years old now and have no true friends anymore. I’ve really looked at myself and my former friends to learn from past mistakes. My personal opinion is that many, not all, of the mistakes my friends and I made are more typical of women than men. […]
Top ten friendship posts in 2011: The Friendship Doctor reflects on friendship and blogging
Tis the season for wrap-ups and top ten lists. Friendship expert Dr. Irene S. Levine discusses her blog, its visitors, and their friendship concerns. Since January, I’ve posted 202 times on this blog — that’s about four times a week — usually early in the morning or late at night. That’s a lot of time to spend in […]
Mean girls at Montessori Preschool
A mother worries about her 5-year-old’s mean friends at Montessori Preschool.
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