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My Disappointing Maid of Honor

Published: February 22, 2025 | Last Updated: April 1, 2025 By | 18 Replies Continue Reading
My Disappointing Maid of Honor

A reader asks what to do. She thinks her disappointing maid of honor doesn’t seem to share her excitement about the wedding?

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Friends we can count on

Published: March 1, 2015 | By | 10 Replies Continue Reading

When we’re having problems, it’s understandable that we may be less forgiving of friends we can’t count on.

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My friend didn’t show up at my birthday party

Published: March 11, 2014 | By | 18 Replies Continue Reading

Having a friend who is a no-show is disappointing but it’s worse when it’s your birthday party.

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Friendship: When Little Problems Mushroom into Big Ones

Published: March 16, 2012 | Last Updated: May 14, 2020 By | 10 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Hi Irene, I’ve been struggling about what to do about my friend Jennifer, whom I’ve known for 14 years. She really took me aback with a letter she wrote me almost a year ago. It included everything I had done that had upset her, all the way back to 2005, when she was my […]

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Shouldn’t a sister be a close friend?

Published: June 24, 2010 | Last Updated: June 25, 2010 By | 11 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene, Last October I discovered that my only sister, who is two years older than me, has been stealing the money I send to take care of my mother in Mexico. She was managing a property I have in Mexico. The rent had always been used to pay for our mother’s expenses. My […]

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