Tag: argument
Not speaking: Should I wish her a happy birthday?
After two friends have a disagreement, one wonders if she should still send the other birthday greetings.
Having a disagreement with a friend who gets diagnosed with a serious illness
When a friend gets diagnosed with a serious illness, it has a way of changing your outlook.
A bad ending to a good friendship: Are there second chances?
QUESTION Hi Irene, I’m so happy to have found your blog and discovered your book. I will definitely be running out and buying a copy! A very close, cherished friendship that I’ve had for 14 years has just come to a painful end, and I’m heartbroken. I wish there was a way to […]
A bad ending to a good friendship: Are there second chances?
There can often be second chances after a blowup if a friendship is fundamentally sound.
Inseparable friends until…
QUESTION Hi Dr. Levine, I just had an argument with my best friend of about a year and a half. We go to law school together and are usually inseparable. She recently got out of a relationship that ended badly and, as a result, she’s taken a zero-tolerance approach to dealing with people. I […]
A “good enough” friend
QUESTION Dear Dr. Levine, I recently got into a fight with a girl named Linda, whom I considered my best friend. She said I was never a "good enough" friend for her, and I told her that I thought I couldn’t be her friend because she was spreading gossip about me. We both agreed that […]
Reader Q & A: I’m stuck! I don’t want to lose my BFF
QUESTION: Dear Irene: I met my friend “Amanda” in high school. I was a junior and she was a freshman, so we’ve been best friends (BFFs) for 9 years. Our friendship over the years has survived a lot. The trouble I am having is deciding whether I should hold on to the friendship or not? […]
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