Tag: envy

In the Media – When you get engaged and your friend gets jealous

Published: December 19, 2016 | Last Updated: February 10, 2017 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
In the Media – When you get engaged and your friend gets jealous

When a woman gets engaged, an air of anticipation and excitement surrounds her—but a best friend may harbor envy or resentment.

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An envious, flirtatious friend

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One comment seems to end a relationship with an envious best friend.

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The dark side of Facebook: Feeling slighted by a friend

Published: July 11, 2016 | By | 23 Replies Continue Reading

A woman feels slighted when her friend ignores her Facebook posts.

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A young girl feels left out by her two friends

Published: November 3, 2015 | By | 1 Reply Continue Reading

It’s nice to be part of a threesome but what do you do when you feel left out of the relationship two friends have with each other?

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In the Media – Tips for handling a jealous friend

Published: August 26, 2015 | By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
In the Media – Tips for handling a jealous friend

It’s likely that each of us will one day bump into a jealous friend.

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Facebook: Do you use it to engage or to compare yourself to your friends?

Published: February 6, 2015 | By | 10 Replies Continue Reading
Facebook: Do you use it to engage or to compare yourself to your friends?

A new study suggests that “Facebook Envy” can lead to feelings of depression.

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How to handle a jealous friend: 7 tips

Published: January 8, 2014 | Last Updated: January 8, 2014 By | 18 Replies Continue Reading

What do you do if you have a jealous friend who is competing in the same playground as you?

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Can a friend who is ‘green with envy’ really be a friend?

Published: February 28, 2010 | Last Updated: February 28, 2010 By | 3 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION   Dear Irene: I am in my mid-thirties and have always made and had easy friendships. People really like me and I like them and being liked. All would be well except that I harbor a very strong and miserable envious streak. I cannot bear to see my friends be happy in their romantic […]

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A writer asks: How could my colleague and friend undermine me?

Published: February 25, 2009 | Last Updated: February 25, 2009 By | Reply Continue Reading

QUESTION: Dear Irene, I’m an award-winning author with a friendship dilemma. A long time friend has definitely hurt my feelings. She told one of my clients whose memoir I’m writing that she’d Googled my agent and that he was basically a “nobody,” casting doubts upon my agent’s ability to broker a deal on his book […]

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Leaving a friend behind

Published: December 23, 2008 | Last Updated: December 23, 2008 By | 7 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION: Dear Irene,   I was recently made redundant, had been working in a high powered job and decided to move to a different county to explore what it is i actually want to do, have been volunteering to discover, anyway my closest friend whom i’ve been friends with for over 10 years has hardly […]

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