You are here:
Home » toxic friends
Tag: toxic friends
A reader wonders why she gets into relationships with toxic friends.
Read More
The 2004 hit teen comedy Mean Girls and the bestselling book by Rosalind Wiseman upon which it is based, Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence, hit a powerful chord with audiences, exposing the painful world of adolescent girls who are too often tormented and bullied […]
Read More
In 1935, the US Congress proclaimed the first Sunday in August each year as Friendship Day.
Read More
On dealing with a needy, self-centered friend…
Read More
Friend poaching is complicated. The distinctions between friend poaching and social networking can even be murkier.
Read More
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.
Read More
I found a new-to-me friendship term in the Urban Dictionary, frienvy. It describes the envious feelings someone has towards a friend who loses weight, gets a promotion, or finds a new love. OK, it’s kind of cute. The dictionary also defines friendwhoring, the verb: stealing someone else’s friends and making them your own. Getting a […]
Read More
There are some friends who feel like an emotional ball and chain. They’re always in need of one thing or another: money, favors, help, coddling, praise—or simply more time than you have to give.
Read More
Here are 20 questions to help you spot a toxic friendship.
Read More
When it comes to marketing, nothing sells like youth, beauty, sex—and female friendships?
Read More
Connect
For even more friendship info, connect with me on the following social media platforms.