Tag: romantic
When a best friend starts to feel like more than a friend
A young woman doesn’t know how to tell a guy that she likes him more than a friend.
A Gay Woman Wants Her Friendship Back
A 62-year old gay woman asks for advice on resurrecting a platonic friendship. It seems like her friend wants some space and she doesn’t know how to men the friendship.
When Remaining Just Friends Is Tough
If two people have different expectations of a friendship, remaining “just friends” can be tough and uncomfortable for them both.
The Fantasy Best Friend
Not all best friends turn out to be keepers QUESTION Irene, I had a boyfriend for two months that I became madly in love with, and thought he felt the same for me. His friends constantly said they had never seen him like this. Then, late into his birthday party, we got into a spat […]
Your platonic friend…she’s just not that into you~
QUESTION Dear Irene, I have read and been told by female friends that when a man is friends with a woman and all of a sudden wants to take it to a romantic level, the woman will "freak out" and get turned off. She’ll feel betrayed, thinking that the man’s intentions all along were to […]
A Friendship Too Broken To Fix?
A friendship may be too broken to fix if it is consistently disappointing and unsatisfying. Friendships should be additive to our lives. QUESTION Dear Irene, Nicole and I met soon after each of us moved to a new town and we hit it off immediately. We were both adrenaline junkies, partners in crime who enjoyed […]
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