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
An Encore Post – How Being A Mother Can Sabotage Your Friendships
Mother’s Day celebrates motherhood—as well as children, flowers, candy, and greeting cards. But there’s a seedy side to everything—and motherhood is a known friendship-killer. Motherhood can challenge female friendships for a variety of reasons: You are a mother, and your BFF isn’t one and wants to be one. Her fertility problems are making her extremely […]
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 […]
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