Tag: husband
Friendship: When Little Problems Mushroom into Big Ones
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 […]
Do I have to be friends with a difficult sister-in-law?
Relationships with sister-in-laws can be complicated — especially for women, who tend to be the “connectors” or glue that holds families together.
When a friendship breakup spills over to family
Two friends split and the tension spills over to their husbands and children QUESTION Hi Irene, My ex-BFF and I had a recent falling out a few months back after a close seven-year friendship. Not only did we become good friends, so did our husbands, kids and extended families. We did a lot of […]
Surprise! She’s back…
QUESTION Dear Irene, Recently discovered your column (it’s awesome) and hope you can help me gain some perspective. I was introduced to my husband by my good friend. She was dating his best friend at the time. She and her boyfriend broke up, but we continued to be friends until I stopped hearing from […]
What Do You Do When A Good Friend Hits On Your Husband?
A reader asks: What do you do when a good friend hits on your husband? Does the friendship have to come to an end?
Stuck in a rut
QUESTION Dear Irene, I’ve been a friend with someone for over two decades. She’s intelligent, a good person and very honest, but since her first marriage fell apart and she remarried, all she does is complain about her current spouse. I tried asking her what she’s going to do about this. She said she doesn’t […]
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