Friends and Peers

Have you ever wondered why people might not like you? Have you been sitting at the office, or at home alone on a Friday night and wondered why no one is responding to your texts or calls? There might be…
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You can probably remember a time in your life, as your friend was leaving your house from a play date, when she said to you, “I’ll call you when I get home.” I know I can. She was my best…
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Catching up with old friends…Do you have dear friends you haven’t seen in years that you would love to see? When a person has been friends with someone at school, at work, neighbors, etc., and the two of you formed…
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After we moved 1500 miles and took a week to unpack, we waited a week for neighbors to ring our doorbell with fresh loaves of banana bread. But after a whole week with nothing on our doorstep, we decided to…
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Throughout our lives, we have all come across a few people that we want to like and would enjoy having a friendship (or more) with. Unfortunately, many people may go about the wrong path in making this person like them….
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Friends don’t really last forever. Especially when you travel a lot. I have been from cities to cities since I was a child and none of my real friends lasted for more than 2 years. It’s always hard to say…
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Friendship is a kind of relationship in which there is mutual attachment and intimacy. It is a level of relationship that goes beyond acquaintanceship or neighborliness. It is deeper than just knowing few details about one another. The fact that someone tells you…
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Best Friends for Life-Based on a true story There in the midst of the small crowd at the corner pub in a tiny mid-western town, are two girl friends with almost 150 years of stories and memories. What a great…
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With the hectic lifestyles most of us lead today, we have little time to socialize with our neighbors. Between going to work, taking the kids to football practice and getting day-to-day housework done, we’re lucky to have an extra couple…
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As roommates go, Bill wasn’t all that bad. He was nice enough and was always congenial, but this man had a definite compulsive disorder. He was a neat freak. I’m thoroughly convinced he could give Felix Unger from the “Odd…
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A few years ago, I would have thought yes without question. Of course old friends are the best friends. They are the witnesses of your life. The ones who knew you when you had those awful bangs and braces, who…
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How to offer your help to an independent friend or relative We all know at least one person who likes to do everything for themselves without any assistance from friends or relatives. It is a great thing to be independent, doing…
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Making friends today seems like one of the hardest things to do. Everyone is running around. They are busy. Their facial expressions deter you from coming up close to introduce yourself, and any contact is usually met with a frown…
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While Robert Frost may have believed that good fences make good neighbors, there can be little doubt that good neighbors make good neighborhoods. We are a culture obsessed with privacy, so it is not surprising that we are less likely…
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Early on a sunny Saturday morning, a moving van backed up to the front door of a nice home in a quiet, middle-class neighborhood. The neighbors watched as the two men labored with piece after piece of heavy furniture, boxes,…
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A true friendship is not unlike a romantic relationship in that the good things that make a marriage work is what can also make a friendship last.  Mutual trust, mutual respect, unconditional acceptance and doing what you can to make…
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The term soul mate is no ginger assignation; very few people qualify for such a special place in the heart.  Luckily, however, there are many different types of friendships to connect us to others, all of which contain some of…
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A strong and secure friend is often the very foundation of our happiness.  To have a true friend, whom you can depend on during the happiest of moments to the darkest of days, is monumental.  Building this type of friendship…
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You’re probably reading this because a friend is acting in an unacceptable manner. Friends are confusing, everyone needs them, but not everyone wants them, reason being they weren’t what you wanted them to be. Now I know you can’t just…
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Most people want others to like them.  If there is someone in particular who you want to look upon you favorably, then there are different strategies you can take.  Consider the following things. Listen when they speak A lot of…
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I know, after reading some of the other pieces, that I’m in the minority here, but I really can’t see a reason for drama in a friendship.  It’s a little different if you’re still a teenager, or something like that.  Teens…
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So there you are hanging out, just you and your pal—peep, crony, BFF, bro, sista, chica, goombah, or persona grata—and it happens. That little twitch, spasm, kind of a sharp left jab to the gut…again. You sense a pattern. This…
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Can men and women be “just friends” is a difficult question to ponder?  In some instances they can be just friends, but over time feelings start to get in the way of being just friends.  Of course women and men…
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Few aspects of human interaction have more complexity than the concept of friendship. There are so many kinds and levels of friendship that each one is unique.  To assume that there is a uniform standard or definition of what being…
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Every time I watch The Big Bang Theory I find it funny to see Amy refer to Penny as her “besty.” Of course Amy is much more interested and unaccustomed to female friendship than Penny is, so her being a…
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Preparing a guest room for guests involves common sense and thinking about who will be staying in the room. Whether the room is a family member’s bedroom that will be moving to the family room couch while guests are visiting…
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There must be reason for one to think that they have offended a friend, either the friend concerned is sending off certain negative signals, being distant and evasive or one is guilty about something that they may have said or…
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Imagine walking into a bar or restaurant and seeing your best friend’s husband kissing another woman. It might sound like the opening to a Hollywood movie, but it happens to thousands of people every year. The divorce rate in America…
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Coping with a friend who is consistently depressed can be a very debilitating process – and if you are not careful, you could end up becoming depressed too. Of course, you cannot solve another person’s emotional problems for them, but…
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Arguments between friends happen for a very good reason. Having a difference of opinion with someone else is indeed normal. If you didn’t have differences, think how dull life would be. Although some people see conflict with friends as being…
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