Friends and Peers

There are many ways to develop a solid friendship. Most of them require consistent communication from both parties in the friendship. Making time to share feelings and emotions is essential to the continued development of any relationship. Failure to communicate…
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The titles within this sub-thread (Friendship Drama & Issues) always crack me up.  There is only “drama” among friends if you make it that way.  One of the other writers wrote, and I agree, if the friend isn’t going to…
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Falling in love with your best friend, is really not a good thing to do. However, it is unpredictable. You will never know when you fall in love with your best friend. Well, being raised in a Javanese community in…
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Happiness does not come in a bottle- it is a gift you give to yourself.  The definition of happiness is different for everyone.  For some people, happiness can only be achieved with material gain.  For other people, happiness can be…
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One-Sided Everyones had them, friends who you call but who never bother to call you. I once had a friend who in her entire time of knowing me, never called me once, except to tell me her graduation party was…
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Seeing your best friend with your ex is a particularly painful experience that none would like to live.The end of a romantic relationship is painful, but in such relationships, you are well aware that things might go wrong at some…
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My life has been enriched as much, if not more, by those to whom I have no bilogical ties. I was lucky or wise-or maybe desperate-to realize early on that what is important is the connection you feel with another….
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Frequently, my clients and members of our website ask me, “Is my relationship healthy? How do I know if it is healthy?” Just as physical health is on a continuum, emotional health and relationship health are also on a continuum….
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Love happens when you least expect it. Referring to the animation of Cupid and its love arrow, a male and female says they will never fall in love with each other. Cupid comes along striking them both with an arrow….
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Nowadays especially, this question seems even harder to answer. We live in an era where material possessions define who we are, an era where emotions and feelings are set aside in exchange of well paid jobs that eat up our whole day, an era…
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You’ve just gotten engaged.  You are ready to ask your friends to be in your wedding party, only there is a slight hitch.  You have to surprise someone with the news that you have chosen someone else to be your…
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There are some things that are better left unsaid. Come on, it is your best friend we are talking about here! I mean, sure you can’t always help who you like, but why risk a friendship? Let us rewind: your…
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This is the question on every teenagers mind and parent’s mind today. How to resist peer pressure? The answer is not as difficult as we are led to believe.  The teen years can be years of fun and excitement along…
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Friends are wonderful, caring, priceless powerful people that, unfortunately, not everyone truly appreciates.  One of the best things about them is that they can come from anywhere – school, work, the family, friends of friends, even passers-by you get chatting to…
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When you think about having to choose between your friends or a lover you always think you’ll choose your friends. Some of you may have the rule with your friends that it’s bros before hoes, or best friend before boyfriend….
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6 Problem Signs to Watch For in Your Relationship * Yo-Yoing: When you talk about the same problem over and over again.Somehow you never seem to get past the same items, usually from the past. You always seem to come…
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No matter how good of a friend sooner or latter and usually sooner a friend will be tried of hearing all the sad stories of the past. Our moods are really a reflection of our past and when we dwell…
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It’s nice to have that one special friend you can share everything with – talk on the phone for hours, send each other jokes and funny things that have happened throughout the day, and just generally trust with anything and…
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Drama. Drama. Drama. Who doesn’t have at least one friend who is constantly coming to you with their multitude of problems? Me? I have two. I have two friends who are both recently separated from their spouses. And, to add…
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Making the decision to cut an old friend loose and leave that person alone can be difficult. You have put effort and energy into that relationship. Not to mention, great memories and times you have shared; do you work it…
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The charm dangles from a chain on her neck. It says “Best” in white lettering and is in the shape of half of a heart. The other half of the heart dangles from the chain in her hand as the…
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If one is searching for the minimum cost of friendship, one will find the minimum kind of friend. Oftentimes we look upon our relationships with others as “what can they do for me” arrangements; unfortunately, in such self-centered friendships, the…
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I have had quite a few people come in and out of my life but only a few I have been able to call friends. From these few people, I have been able to come up with some idea of…
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The most important thing in life is to love and to have people that love us back. Love can take many forms; the love we have for our parents or for our kids, the love we have for our friends,…
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“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson According to your personality and background, making friends may or may not come naturally to you. Growing up I had a genuine caring for people, but I…
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Friendship can be the most important and beautiful thing there is. That is, as long as there is some sort of balance in the relationship. A friendship is not a true friendship unless the relationship is of a reciprocal nature….
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Are you dealing with a passive-aggressive friendship, or wondering if you have one but aren’t quite sure? Or perhaps someone called you passive-aggressive and you want to know what it means. The truth is, we all exhibit passive-aggressive behavior at…
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I grew up moving every three years. My father was in the military and it wasn’t until I became an adult and married someone that grew up in the same place, that I realized what an unusual life I had…
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Thanks to Internet technology, I just marvel at the simplicity of finding new friends today. As a girl who grew up before this new wave of technology was born, I remember how anxious I was to meet new friends after…
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There’s an old saying, the best things in life are free. That isn’t true about one of life’s greatest gifts, friendship. Friendship is not free, though it doesn’t have to cost a lot of money, really none at all. We…
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