Tag: age
In the Media – Different ages and stages of friendship (Daily Mail UK)
Writing in today’s Sunday UK Daily Mail, journalist Laura Silverman delves into the different ages and stages of friendships
In the Media: On the importance of intergenerational friendship (AllParenting.com)
Writer Sherri Kuhn writes about the importance of intergenerational friendships.
Making friends at midlife: Ties that bind
When we reach midlife, the thought of making new friends can be daunting. One reason why: Unlike women who are going to school, working or parenting, there isn’t a steady pool of people to choose from who are at the same stage of life, doing the same thing at the same time, with many of the same interests.
Am I my friend’s keeper?
QUESTION Hi Irene, Hopefully, you can help me with my predicament. Over the past six months I’ve been "friends" with a 25-year-old girl. I’m a 37-year-old woman. Yeah, you know where I’m going with this! She is where I USED to be: binging, playing the victim role, can’t find love, affection, or the attention she […]
Gay/straight friendship: Is it possible?
QUESTION Do you think a friendship can really exist between a straight woman and a lesbian? I want to believe so, but I am finding that maintaining one is difficult. I am a 48-year old gay woman who has a 27-year old straight friend. We met at work about two years ago. Although there is […]
A friendship stuck in Dullsville
QUESTION Dear Irene, My best friend and I are boring each other to tears. She is seven years older than I am, so she is at a different place in life. This wasn’t a problem when we first became friends about 6 years ago (I was 19 then and she was 26, so we both […]
Intergenerational friendships: The special joys of friendships at different ages and stages
You may have caught the Today Show segment on intergenerational friendships. “Among good friends, age disappears,” commented Meredith Viera.
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