Tag: friendship

Can’t Get Close To My Self-Centered Friend

Published: June 8, 2025 | By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
Can’t Get Close To My Self-Centered Friend

If you are unable to get close to someone, it may be that the person is self-centered and emotionally incapable of focusing on others.

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Is It Normal For A Child To Have An Imaginary Friend?

Published: April 22, 2025 | Last Updated: May 17, 2025 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading
Is It Normal For A Child To Have An Imaginary Friend?

Worried about your child’s imaginary friend? Psychologist and author Susan Newman, PhD offers advice and reassurance to worried parents.

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Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

Published: April 19, 2025 | Last Updated: April 19, 2025 By | 1 Reply Continue Reading
Lonely in High School: Tips for Making Friends

She’s lonely in high school but the middle of high school is a difficult time to make new friends, especially in small schools and small towns.

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Mah Jongg, Travel and Friendship

Published: April 17, 2025 | Last Updated: March 30, 2026 By | 4 Replies Continue Reading
Mah Jongg, Travel and Friendship

Playing Mah Jongg can help break the ice and make it easy for shy folks to find friends who share a love of the game.

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There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Breakup Between Friends

Published: April 14, 2025 | By | 19 Replies Continue Reading
There’s No Such Thing As An Easy Breakup Between Friends

There is no such thing as an easy breakup between friends. The Friendship Doctor explains why it is always so difficult to end friendships.

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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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Betrayal: My BFF Ran Off With My Ex

Published: February 4, 2025 | Last Updated: May 21, 2025 By | 7 Replies Continue Reading
Betrayal: My BFF Ran Off With My Ex

A woman asks how to cope after a betrayal that almost reads like a soap-opera. She is so disappointed in her long-time friend.

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What Do You Make of a Friend Who Is Only There To Listen?

Published: December 5, 2024 | By | 24 Replies Continue Reading
What Do You Make of a Friend Who Is Only There To Listen?

A young man finds a supportive female friend at work, who is there to listen to problems but otherwise standoffish.

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How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?

Published: January 18, 2024 | By | 10 Replies Continue Reading
How Do I Deal WIth A Pushy Person?

How do you deal with a pushy person? Two women met in a workshop but one wants more of a friendship than does the other.

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Book Club Friendships: We Read, Then Talk

Published: November 15, 2022 | Last Updated: November 15, 2022 By | Reply Continue Reading
Book Club Friendships: We Read, Then Talk

Sandra Nowlan recounts the inspiring story of a book club that’s been meeting for 40 years and the friendships it nurtured.

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