Tag: toxic friend
Reader Q & A: What to do about a judgmental friend?
QUESTION: Dear Irene, My friend and I have known each other since college, and we were roommates throughout. We were very, very close when we were younger, but as we got older and moved to different places our friendship became more distant, though we remained good friends. I’ve moved to her town for graduate school, […]
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?
Reader Q & A: Avoiding entanglements after a break up
Dear Irene, I have a long time friend who was a single mother just like me when we first met ten years ago. I knew she was a headstrong and opinionated early on and accepted that. However, I’ve always worried a bit about her. She had a traumatic childhood; she was adopted after her […]
Five Ways To Unload A Toxic Friend
The term toxic friendship refers to a variety of relationships that are consistently negative and draining. The nature of these relationships is defined by patterns, not by one-time or occasional lapses in the reciprocity that is the essence of a healthy friendship.
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