Tag: crisis
Resurrecting A Friendship With A Son’s Girlfriend
An adult son’s girlfriend is angry at his mother, who once was her friend, after a conflict between them. The mom asks for advice.
Worth Reading: Forever Friends
Forever Friends: An essay in the Irish newspaper Independent about true friendships – By Aida Austin Saturday Feb 5 2011 I did a long bedside vigil on a paediatric intensive-care unit 12 years ago. A cold sweat of terror defines that time for me, along with mad-eyed private bargaining — “please, whichever god is listening, make my […]
Is turning off a cell phone the solution to this friendship problem?
QUESTION Hi Irene, My friend and I are best friends and I care about her a great deal. She calls me A LOT! I don’t mind that but the problem is that if I don’t pick up the phone she gets really upset. Many times, I have tried to explain to her that I don’t […]
Motherhood: The Shifting Sands of Friendship
QUESTION Irene, Jordan and I have been best friends since our first day of college 20 years ago. Over the years, we both married (me=happily, her=constantly teetering on the edge of divorce) and had children. I had my children several years before she did, and she was always incredibly supportive and understanding of my new […]
Bad News: What would you say to Mrs. Tiger Woods if you were her BFF?
What would you say to Elin Nordegren (Mrs. Tiger Woods) if you were her BFF? Bad news can take many forms but the rules of friendship-on how to help a close friend who is dealing with bad stuff-are fairly universal. What would you say to any friend who was experiencing an overwhelming personal problem? […]
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