Tag: controlling
A Troubled Marriage Can Make for Troubled Friendships
Sadly, a troubled marriage can profoundly affect friendships creating a virtual roadblock in sustaining them.
My sister is being controlled by a possessive friend
It’s frustrating to watch when a friend or family member is involved in an overly possessive relationship. QUESTION Dear Irene, I have three sisters and we are all close. We’ve never had problems with each other’s friends. My younger sister, who is 25, has a possessive, controlling friend who is also her business partner. Since […]
Hard To Say Goodbye: Ending A 20-Year Friendship
I have spent countless hours trying to understand what happened to my friendship. I’m 63 and Donna is 67. We met at work and shared the same office for about ten years.
Friendship and Moving: A Friend’s Unexpected Move
A friend feels hurt and jolted by her friend’s unexpected move. She doesn’t know how to respond to neighbors because she was once close with her friend and the friend’s family.
Friends don’t judge—or do they?
Some people feel just the way you do—that friends don’t judge each other. Others feel just as strongly they should be honest and tell a friend when she is doing something risky or hurtful.
Reader Q & A: Unable to let go
QUESTION: Dear Irene, About a year and a half ago I broke up with a friend and I’m still not over it. I was hoping you could offer some insight. I’ve known this girl since 6th grade when she stopped speaking to me over some boy. We became friends again in 7th grade but she […]
Reader Q & A: No way out?
QUESTION: Dear Irene: My "best" friend and I have been friends since last year. Sometimes I feel like I love her; other times, she’s my worst enemy. She comes from a controlling and abusive family and I was always there for her to get through it. I just turned 18, and I realize more and […]
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