Friends and Peers

I am not actually sure if I’m introvert. But I noticed I am not that open to people who come into my life. Others find it hard to deal with me (they tell me when they have the chance), especially…
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It’s really hard for you guys to figure out if someone likes you because teen social rules are off the charts. Think about how all the definitions of “Hook Up”, “Like”, and Hello” can be mistaken to mean something else….
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Sad people need friends too, but they make friendship a challenge. Their vision of life is cloudy. Nothing is ever good enough. They believe others are out to do them wrong. “Why would anyone want to be my friend.” Often…
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Too nice seems like an oxymoron, but in reality its a curse. Too nice implies that you are the personification of a doormat and that you expect everyone to walk all over you. It means that you absolve your friends…
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Like most couples who walk down the aisle, my ex-husband and I didn’t go into our marriage thinking we’d end up another divorce statistic. But that’s exactly what we did. Our marriage didn’t go up it flames. It was more…
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Friends www.booksbyshirleyroe.com I walk through the doorway and enfold her into my open arms. She is fragile both emotionally and physically; her body feels thinner as we embrace. Is it possible that she is a widow at such a young…
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Society sometimes looks at loners as outcasts. They can be perceived as people who have either been rejected by society or simply do not have the social skills to participate in activities that involve interactions with people. Many times these…
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Life is about relationships and the interactions in our relationships. As a general rule it is not advisable to interfere in a friend’s relationships. It does not matter if we are referring to a relationship with another friend, lover or…
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It’s so hard nowadays to find genuine people in your life that when you come across someone you cherish, you want to hold on to that relationship.  You must remember that a friendship involves two persons and each one must…
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If your friend is in a relationship that you think is unhealthy. You may want to jump in and rescue her. Think first are you doing it out of genuine concern, or is it that you want to control the…
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Givers versus takers; do we truly know what the labels mean? Most people are quick to project either label on a person. In my opinion, if a person calls you a taker and it is done with anger and contempt,…
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Having your ex as a friend, jot that down in your book of things to do on the day the two of you go your separate ways, and see how long you can resist ripping that page out. Now I…
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I can’t help but remember a Beatles’ song: “What do I do when my love is away? (Does it worry you to be alone?) How do you feel by the end of the day? (Are you sad because you’re on…
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As a friend, your values and principles conflict with each other when a good friend of yours is living in an unhealthy relationship? How? Well, as a friend your first instinct is to provide advice in order to help your…
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Many people, especially young adults who are just starting out on their own, consider obtaining a roommate to share an apartment with them. As with everything else in life, there are both pros and cons to this living arrangement. Having…
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How many times have you found yourself looking at your significant other and the realization hits you that, yes, you may be sleeping with this person, living with this person, and hell, maybe you even have children with this person,…
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Just as you have relationships with your friends, they have relationships which are separate from you. When a friend takes the wrong road which leads them to an unhealthy relationship, do you have the right to interfere? The truth is…
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Having just had dinner last night with my four (yes, four) best friends, I’m finding myself 100% onboard with the value of girlfriends. Perhaps most interesting was that, looking around the table, four of us went to junior high school…
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An old Indian mythological story speaks of the sweetness and strength of genuine friendship. Lord Vishnu(a hindu god) in one of his Avatars, takes birth as Krishnaand find friends among his classmates at the teacher’s House. The students live with…
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Disposing of friends. An interesting question. A question to which I will answer through another: if you can freely dispose of people that are your friends, where they ever a true friend? What do we mean when we call people…
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Having friends is one of the essentials I consider in life. Without them life would be a boring journey towards nothing. But it is not only having friends that can make life’s journey easier, it is having TRUE FRIENDS that…
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First of all if you are trying to hold onto your man then what you are doing is really wrapping and hooking him. Another way of asking the question would be “How can I have a long term relationship with…
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Everyone needs to feel, on some level, that they have made a legitimate friendship. Sad people are in no way devoid of needing to feel a sense of camaraderie, either. As a matter of fact, they may feel they need…
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A friend is an invaluable asset. As intelligent beings, we all need someone we can confide in. Such individuals are those we can open up to by sharing our innermost feelings and thoughts. In turn, a friend will likewise reciprocate…
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I was very, VERY badly bullied at school. Here is advice straight from the heart, that I KNOW will help you, or whoever it is that needs help. I know the feelings of dread, the thought “everything and anything I…
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When you see a close friend in an unhealthy relationship, you probably want nothing more than to grab him or her and run away with them to talk some sense into their heads. You can’t understand what they see in…
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The Friends We Keep: A Woman’s Quest for the Soul of Friendship is an easy to read book by Sarah Zacharias Davis. She shares openly with her personal stories and those of others, the ups and downs of women’s friendships…
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You’ve been friends with a particular person for quite a while. You seem to share common beliefs and love hanging out with each other. The two of you have been described by others as inseparable. Since this is the case,…
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I don’t know whether you should or should not, but I would. Because it concerns my friend We are not talking about a stranger or an acquaintance here. We are talking about a friend and that means a relationship close…
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Steps:1-You meet her (Lust at first sight).2-You start to talk to her, exchange names, know her friends.3-You get her email, myspace page, or number. Great.4-You talk to her more, learn about her relationships with her family and friends.5-Introduce her to…
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