Tag: misunderstandings

My friend makes jabs about my weight

Published: October 21, 2012 | Last Updated: August 9, 2015 By | 7 Replies Continue Reading

My friend had been making jabs about my weight for months. Two years ago, I lost 40 pounds and then put it all back on. She began by telling me I eat horribly.

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Money, trust and friendship

Published: September 1, 2012 | Last Updated: October 28, 2012 By | 6 Replies Continue Reading

This year, in January, I told my friend I was buying an expensive item I had always wanted. Since I had saved for this item, it
wasn’t going to be a problem for me. She then said she needed one, too, and that she would pay me back.

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Apologizing and Forgiving: Tips from Sandra Lamb

Published: July 15, 2010 | Last Updated: April 2, 2016 By | Reply Continue Reading

So often friends don’t know exactly what to say, especially when it feels like a friendship is hanging on by a thread. Personal Notes: How to Write From the Heart for Any Occasion by author and etiquette expert Sandra E. Lamb, provides helpful advice for writing notes for social situations where the rules of etiquette […]

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How can a misunderstanding kill a longtime friendship?

Published: October 10, 2009 | Last Updated: October 10, 2009 By | 2 Replies Continue Reading

QUESTION Dear Irene, Five years ago, my girlfriend stopped communicating with me. I found out later on from my sister that my friend’s husband was diagnosed with stomach cancer and I wasn’t there for her. The only reason I wasn’t there was I did not know. Her daughter told me that I had been e-mailed […]

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