Friends and Peers

I like always advice teenagers to remember this cardinal rule; never sacrifice your whole future because of 6 years that you will grow out off. Unfortunately, too many of them fail to heed this advice and end up doing things…
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Have you ever started talking with a friend about your political views and before you know it, you’re having a screaming match? This usually makes you realize that there are some topics you just can’t discuss with certain people. People…
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What is friendship? A friend is someone whom you can depend on. He is someone whom you can rant and rave at and still be there for you. He is someone who will still listen to what you say even…
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According to a familiar axiom, “A friend is someone who knows all about you and likes you anyway.” Most people are limited by both time and energy to having only a few close friends. They may have a large number…
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The concept of friendship is one that is overrated by the idea of what it means to be a friend and have a friend. This is mis-guided by a series of cultural issues, as well as thoughts on what one…
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Over the years, college life has come to be synonymous with partying. Movies like Animal House and Van Wilder would have us thinking that the average college student spends more time drinking and “hooking up” than they do actually studying…
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In my experience, resisting peer pressure has always been a matter of discipline and self-orientation. Now discipline’ is a word that’s thrown around a bit too casually nowadays (usually accompanied by a scowl) and it’s been used to chastise many…
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Friends are the greatest thing to have come along since the cave man days. During my lifetime, I have accumulated a large group of friends, and I love them all. The larger the group, the more fun you can have….
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No matter how much the college party scene is hyped, it is still not for everyone. Many college students do not feel comfortable attending a fraternity party or hanging out at the local bars. These students often don’t want to…
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A friendship usually results from a defining moment when two people are thrust together in some very memorable situation or as a result of the casual activities of life we may be engaged in. In other words, we meet our…
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Friendships, to me, are one of life’s valuable assets. Yet, what is a friend? I once heard a colleague of mine say to a suspect he had just arrested “OK my friend, let’s go”! A very humorous memory, but one…
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Drama and Girls Go Hand-In-HandI was, maybe ten-years-old when Claudette, my best friend and I discovered the old family burial plot. It was surrounded by the loveliest smelling purple lilacs I had ever seen. It was in a grove on…
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Lonely?  Want friends? Are you tired of sharing your thoughts with just your dog?  You are not alone. All of us have probably been there at some point in our lives.  As much as we value our independence, it appears…
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The term “friendship” has been used to describe casual acquaintances to lifelong alliances. Yet, true friendship is far more than a passing moment or series of moments. We throw the term “friend” around casually and yet, the art of being…
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As a 44-year-old woman I have always been known for my humor, my laughter, and generosity towards people. Perhaps my biggest triumph or claim to prominence is the success of my children. How could I be such a success in…
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We’ve all known good people, some have even been great. But what exactly makes such a good person? In this short article I hope to explain some of what I find a good character has and what makes a person…
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The phone rings several times. My mother picks up the the phone and barely says hello before she simply states to the person on the other end, “My daughter and grandkids are here. No time to talk.” Then she would…
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The saying that you don’t get to choose your family but you do get to choose your friends rings true. Through the years I’ve watched friendships evolve as I’ve grown up and matured. I’ve experienced great friends and awful friends….
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How many times in life have you met those people out there who are just complete jerks? It seems the world is full of them today, and that good people are just running out. But what characteristics make someone a…
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It’s a fact of life: sometimes friends grow apart, and sometimes a break-up between them is inevitable. But how do you break-up with a friend in a way that is respectful and relatively drama-free? Well, there are many different answers…
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Is it arrogant or presumptuous to tell you that I think I’m a good friend? Because I do. I do think I’m a good friend, and I’ll tell you why. I’ll also tell you why I don’t think I have…
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The characteristics of a good person are reflected in his actions towards himself, towards people around him and to society in general. A good person is one who does not do unto others what he does not want others to…
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Too often truly good people are looked over because quite honestly, good is boring, good is hard and good often requires a commitment to the end of the day that the average person isn’t that interested in at the moment,…
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Most people, if you were to ask them, would probably consider themselves good persons. However, what really are the characteristics of a good person? While there are many people out there who do good deeds, isolated incidents of giving don’t…
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If you are reading this article or researching it in any way you already know you probably don’t have some friends, or even a best friend that truly helps you with what you need in return for all of your…
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The ultimate question of goodness is probably answered at the pearly gates. I can imagine a huge group of people waiting around – perhaps patiently, probably nervously – for their ultimate fates to be determined. Like the supermarket deli counter…
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Being a good friend starts with good communication. The old adage “you have to be a friend to get a friend” is true. And so often, “good friends” simply do not know what – or how – to do. They…
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-I Just Don’t Like That Guy-I can think of a few friends of mine who fall into a particular category. They are those I remember being around before I actually knew them, and from I had known (which was very…
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The characteristics of a good person are extremely hard to define. Do we go by religious upbringing and morals? Do we go by society’s standards of what makes a good person? Do we go our own personal standards of what…
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I have been raised in a very small town for the whole fifteen years I have been breathing. Fifteen years of seeing how older Ladies gossip just as much as those in high school. Fifteen years of realizing that a…
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