Friends and Peers

“Friendship is delicate as a glass – once broken it can be fixed, but there will always be cracks.” Anonymous Through kindergarten to beyond, friendships contribute substantially throughout our lives. Strong, healthy friendships between individuals foster healthier lives, providing people…
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We trust our friends from an early age. We trust that they won’t tell their mom it was us who threw the baseball through the window. We trust that they won’t tell anyone that we have a crush on that…
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In our everyday life, we see so much that is wrong with this world. We live in a world that is full of crime, violence, abuse and neglect. I started to wonder if there were any good people out there…
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How to spot a good person? Well finding a good person may be a challenge. Why? Good people are most likely hidden in the background and not drawing very much attention. They are not the loud outspoken people in the…
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At one point or another we’ve once been jealous in our lives. Doesn’t feel so good now does it? So, when you figure out your friend envies you, it can be a difficult situation to handle without any fights or…
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It’s midnight on a Saturday night.  You have had a few cocktails.  An old song comes on the radio.  Nostalgia sets in.  You reach into your purse for your phone.  You scroll to their name.  You click, type and send a text…
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It’s sort of an American tradition for anyone that’s not rolling in dough. There comes a time to pack your stuff and move somewhere else. It might be across the street, across town, or across the country; but the ritual…
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Do We Need To Say: I’m Sorry Some people never apologize and they go through life fearful of what another person thinks about them. A person may be reluctant to admit a fault for fear of losing face, or just…
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The best way to become more popular with the opposite sex is to try to forget that they are the opposite sex. If you keep it in the forefront of your mind that you’re a woman and he’s a man…
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To run and hide or to tell it like it is, that is the question. There is never an easy way to tell a friend there is a problem. There are many things to take into consideration when deciding to…
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A true friend is one that does not turn a blind eye to your suffering. A true friend is one that will stick by you through thick and thin. In fact, true friends these days, are very hard to come…
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Finding friends who will stand by your side through the good and bad times is seemingly one of the hardest things to do during this day in age. With that being said choosing to end a friendship could be one…
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The test of a real friend is how they react when things don’t go so well. We have all heard of fair weather friends; those who are happy to spend time with us, and perhaps help us, when times are…
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It will start off as the friend looks amazingly, friendly. She seems kindhearted, understanding and she’s a girl you use to know in school. However, there’s probably many flaws about her behavior, but you won’t notice, until you let her…
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It is debatable whether men and women can be “just friends” In many cases a platonic friendship is only platonic because one person says it is. You invariably find that the other person is always hoping that something special may develop at a…
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Everyone has, at some point, succumbed to peer pressure during their school years. We all remember the hardships we faced, the bullies we dealt with, and the friends we made. One of the hardest issues to handle in school is…
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Long ago a wise family elder issued me some lasting counsel. She forewarned me that holding a grudge or feelings of ill-will towards another only hurts the person harboring them. Why then does it feel so good to keep feeding…
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Relationships have smooth roads and rocky roads. The true test of a relationship is whether the two people involved can get through both types of roads together. Mending relationships often appears to be a difficult task because the people involved…
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“We do not know the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling a vessel drop by drop there is at last a drop which makes the heart run over.”  James Boswell (1740-1795) Every so often an angel walks…
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I have developed a really strange relationship with one of my coworkers. Some days I think we are friends, and then she is really mad at me over the craziest things. Her situation is strange all together as her boyfriend…
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Just friends… or more? How do you know? Is it possible for men and women to be just friends? Questions like these are complicated and are pondered by men and women everywhere day after day. Honestly there is really not…
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How to respond when friends give unwanted advice They mean well, when you’re asking them important advice on what to do with life’s issues. However, the advice they are giving you seems to collide against what you really want to…
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In a world where people are becoming increasingly isolated due to fear of others and technology advances that make existing in a virtual world easier in some ways than existing in the real one, it sometimes seems as if life…
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Being friends with someone and finding out that their partner is cheating on them can be a tough situation. While not wanting to be the one to cause hurt feelings by letting them know about this infidelity, hiding the truth…
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It is not hard to be a good friend, but a lot of people choose to be the exact opposite of it and leaving their friends in the lurch.  It is still not too late to start afresh and practicing…
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I could give the 101 of being a good friend, but if friends want to break the law, they will still break it. And I’ve learned over the years that there is simply no direct explanation in being the “real…
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Don’t you just despise that saying: “Sticks and stones may break your bones, but names will never hurt you?”  Whoever the clever fellow was that came up with that was not so bright after all.  In fact, in reality, they were completely…
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Friendships are some of the most treasured relationships in most peoples’ lives. There are few that last a lifetime, but when they do, it is an amazing legacy of history that you share with that other person. Why is it…
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So you think you have fallen in love with your best friends guy? This is a sticky situation. If you admit this to your best friend you are most likely going to lose your best friend. In this situation, someone…
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The heartbreak one experiences when jilted at the altar might be more than you can imagine.  That doesn’t mean, however, that you cannot help console a friend who is experiencing this nightmare.  Consider the following strategies. Be there to listen…
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