Tag: BFF
Feeling slighted by my BFF
A woman feels slighted by a close friend and wonders if she is being overly sensitive.
In the Media – Desperately Seeking a Bestie: When #SquadGoals Get Real
Writing in Flare Magazine, Katherine Simpson writes a tongue-in-cheek piece about her online search for a bestie (BFF).
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.
When a friend is too clingy
A teen says her best friend ended their relationship because she was too clingy
A teen asks: How can I get my friendship back?
It’s common that teen friendships and allegiances change but it’s still painful when it happens.
An inconvenient truth: She’s made you a second-tier friend
If you feel like a second-tier friend, it’s not a friendship of equals QUESTION Dear Irene, I’ve been friends with a woman for about four years now. As time progressed, we became closer, or so I thought. We both moved here from other areas and I introduced her to our neighborhood book club, my hairstylist, etc. The […]
BFF finds its way into the Oxford English Dictionary
BFF n. (pl. BFFs) informal a girl’s best friend: my BFF’s boyfriend is cheating on her. – ORIGIN 1996: from the initial letters of best friend forever. Just a couple of days ago, I mentioned that friendship generally isn’t newsworthy. But for the second time this week, friendship is making the news. The Oxford […]
OMG–Now Even the BFF Isn’t PC
The author reacts to an article in The New York Times challenging the concept of the BFF.
Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt
QUESTION Dear Irene, I am an only child and have a friend named Linda (who is also an only) whom I’ve known since first grade. She is due to give birth to a baby girl and two months ago asked me to throw her shower for 50 people with the help of her mother and […]
NYU Medical School Newsletter – When Fractured Friendships Don’t Mend
The latest issue of NYU News and Views includes an article about my survey research on female friendship. Women are told from the time they’re little girls that best friends are for life, and that one friend-just one-will become their closest confidante, their bosom buddy. But it’s not necessarily so, and when a friendship […]
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