Tag: expectations
How The Pandemic Changed My Expectations And Some Friendships
Guest contributor Cindy La Ferle reflects on how the pandemic changed so many aspects of her life, including her expectations and some friendships.
When Expectations Differ
What do you do when a friend’s expectations of a friendship totally outsize your own? This can be an uncomfortable situation for both friends.
My friend isn’t living up to my expectations
A single woman feels like her married friend isn’t meeting her expectations of a best friend.
Friendship: Are My Expectations Too High?
Sometimes expectations need to be tempered because different people have different styles and approaches to friendship.
Toxic friendships: It takes two
It takes two people to define a friendship. So if your friend has no boundaries, it’s also true that you haven’t set any limits.
A less-than-perfect friend
Friendships are rarely perfect; they come in more flavors and textures than Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. Sometimes, coming to terms with a less than perfect friendship is a matter of viewing it realistically, putting it in perspective, setting boundaries, and deciding to get and give what you can so the relationship is mutually rewarding. […]
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 […]
Friendship by the Book: An Interview with the Authors of Friend or Frenemy?
The term ‘frenemy’ has become part of the friendship lexicon. I spoke to the co-authors of the book: Friend or Frenemy?
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