Friends and Peers

Without any doubt that ex lovers, can be friends when their relationship was honest and real. I can say from my own experience that I am friends with most of my ex lovers and it works very well. To become…
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Keeping in touch with friends is always hard especially if they’re moving to a different state or just changing schools. But just because they’re going away doesn’t mean you can’t stay friends, there are so many fun things you can…
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I had a very good friend in primary school. We were so close that we had to do everything together. We told each other everything, and we were inseperable. Life was good. We were both naturally introverted so I felt…
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I’ve heard many people ask, “How can we be friends with our ex-lovers?” I must say, I reply, “Why not?” I believe an ex-lover can be a great friend without any threats of ever renewing the relationship. Why would we…
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You don’t have to like someone in order to get along with them. In your daily activities you will likely encounter many people that have no significance to you at a personal level, and in addition, some may be downright…
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Initially you hope to think that friendship can last a lifetime, that it runs thicker than blood and is solid through the instability of life. Yet, then again, you think of all the friendships that have been marred with betrayal…
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There’s always at least one in every crowd or setting. You know who I’m talking about, the consistently rude person whom it seems has the manners of a bull in a china closet, the one who can’t say anything tactfully…
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Dealing with rude people is not easy. Your knee-jerk reaction may be to dish the behavior right back, but that is often not appropriate in the office or at family gatherings. And you do not want to escalate the situation….
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There are various levels of rudeness to consider in this quarry. From a more extreme situation on a personal level, one may invade another’s personal space; screaming and spitting various obscenities or the impersonal; honking their horn or waving a…
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I wasn’t sure how to approach this subject, but then I thought to myself: “How do I act when I don’t want to be bothered?” Very simply, I distance myself. I don’t behave inappropriately, I just retreat into my own…
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I do not believe that ex-lovers can be friends and in my case, I haven’t remained friendly with any of my ex-boyfriends. At best I believe that ex-lovers can be cordial, but no longer friendly – per say. I believe…
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Speed Trials The first time I saw my friend Travis he was performing with his local band in a back alley behind a coffee shop. The show was supposed to be a “secret show,” but my friend Cassie who was…
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Let us be frank here, life is one long opportunity, and the joyous thing about it is that the opportunities that life provides come along on a regular, if not daily basis. It’s a charmed circle, happy and successful people…
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Getting along with people you dislike will be easier if you get to know them. Don’t let your first impulse color your whole assessment of them; they’ve probably hidden their best qualities underneath a rough and unlikeable exterior. Getting to…
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Rude is relative. There are those who use expletives as a friendly greeting and others who feel slighted by the smallest lapse in etiquette. Regardless of what you consider impolite, here are a few strategies for responding to what you…
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Socializing is a phenomena that can take part nearly anywhere at any time. With the development of the web has come sites such as E-Harmony and Facebook, and as such our society has easily overcome barriers to making friends and…
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Undoubtedly friendship is for a lifetime! We come across various relations everyday. Parents, brothers,sisters, uncle, aunts, grandparents, cousins. Well the list goes on and on. Surprisingly or not these relations are all made by our Eternal Father. We have no…
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Rude people seem to be everywhere. On the highway driving like maniacs. In the checkout line berating the cashier. In the restaurant smoking in the no smoking section. In the mall swearing while they talk in front of your children….
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How do you Deal with Rude People? People who are being rude, believe that it is their rite to be the way they are being. They don’t think of how they are impacting on others. Thought does not come into…
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In life there are always people we will stumble across that for some reason we simply have taken a disliking to.There could be a valid point as to why or simply something about this persons demeanor that makes us feel…
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It is so easy to use your motherhood as an excuse to lose touch with people. Particularly, If you are a shy person, then focusing yourself on your baby at gatherings and talking about your child, takes the onus from…
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Understanding true gratitude makes everything in life a little brighter and a little easier. True gratitude is not just being thankful. It is about be so grateful that it causes one to respond with some kind of action. The workplace…
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Dealing with rude people is best done by not taking the rudeness personally. Do not by any means allow yourself to take the slight, intended or accidental, as a personal affront; but do allow for the possibility that the slight,…
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When I was a teenager my cousin was dating a girl. Over the years we became really good friends. We worked 3 different jobs together. We have buried relatives together. We have a common love of animals, and buried some…
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My 35th high school reunion is coming up soon, so I find that I’m reflecting back to the class of 74 more than ever before. As I recall, our class motto used to be, “SPIRIT AND PRIDE FOREVER MORE: SENIOR…
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Outgrowing friendships is an idea that exists only in some peoples’ minds. Friends are not like clothes that are too well-worn for one person, perhaps acceptable to another or maybe fit only for the throw-away pile. People change and sometimes…
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How we deal with rude people depends on the type of behavior he or she is exhibiting. Sometimes we face rude behavior while in a social setting, which comes in a variety of ways. Co-workers may crack a joke about…
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“A friendship once shared by twoHas grown into a love so trueThis day I will marry my best friendThe on I laugh with, live for, and love to the end” This is the poem that I wrote for my wedding…
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Friendships can possibly last a lifetime if, as you grow together and find your own personalities, your own voices, each of you respects the differences that you are bound to reveal as you move forward in years. I can tell…
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You spot someone down a hallway, and you can ALREADY feel your eyes start to roll into the back of your head. It could be a neighbor, co-worker, or the friend of a friend. We have all found ourselves in…
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