Friends and Peers

The two most important people in your life are usually your man and your best friend. You obviously value the relationships you have with your partner and your friends and need to keep them happy to keep them. You do…
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Should people be friends with an ex? First off I would like to say that I am still friends with several of my ex boyfriends. If the relationship was ended on good terms then I do not see a problem…
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The most important quality in a relationship is reciprocity, or give and take, and working in tandem together. It focuses on the positive elements of the union and reduces potential conflict. Evatt and Feld (1983) suggest that most marriages are…
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Kids&Images There’s a lot of emphasis focused on the youth and how they should look.  Body obsession is not only a female issue.  Young boys are becoming more obsessed with the way they look.  Being a kid nowadays is already…
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Many people are lonely. They have many acquaintances. They meet with many people every day. However, they do not have a true friend. You may have similar experience. You may find it easy to talk to people, yet hard to…
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Having your ex as a friend… *It’s good to be friends: It’s always better to part with your ex in a friendly manner and keep it that way if at all possible. You have to remember “an ex” was once…
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Like all populations, senior citizens often seek out new friendships. However, the criteria and patterns of friendship seem to change with age. There is evidence by researchers, such Lang and Carstensen, that seniors do not form friendships using the same…
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Good and harmonious working relationships are something that we should all aim to, something that we should build and maintain carefully. But they are not friendships; or, at the very least, they do not all develop into friendship. We choose…
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In the realm of interpersonal relationships, not all people make ideal choices for friends and companions. These toxic people will negatively affect your life and possibly your lifestyle. By learning the signs of some of the worst of these types…
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Gratitude not only can improve relationships at work. but every relationship you have. Throughout life you need to have gratitude, it’s important. We should never take anything for granted, when we do we start to lose gratitude and develop into…
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I do believe, especially if there are children involved, that the 2 consenting adults should be able to be friends. I know that it isn’t always a possibility but if there are children involved it is very definitely a great…
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Things I Loved About You (Children love fairy tales..Perfect endings, happily ever after and all that Hollywood stuff..When the ending is less than perfect, they wonder how it all started, and more importantly why..I wanted to let my children know…
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Peer pressure can happen at any age. It’s not confined to the young as many suppose, although in the young it’s very easy to fall victim to it. What it means in effect is letting friends make decisions for you,…
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The internet has a chance to improve existing relationships for us, and even provide us with new relationships that never existed before. Those who are housebound, such as old, frail disabled people can interact on their computer to do their…
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Whether or not ex-lovers should be friends will depend partly on why your relationship went wrong and split up in the first place. If your ex had a violent temper and was consistently beating you up and blackening your eyes,…
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If you need advice on how to deal with a deadbeat landlord, then you have probably already tried to contact your landlord through all possible means.  When you are dealing with a deadbeat landlord, your messages go unanswered and your…
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Working with other people often has it’s ups and downs.Certain people are excessively happy and others suffer from depression.  It’s the depression that we focus on today. Each person handles depression different .Some people complain.  People may be angry and…
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Moving out and finally being able to afford my own place was one of the happiest times in my life. I moved in with my boyfriend and one of my closest guy friends from high school. The first couple of…
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Helping a coworker who is depressed is a tough one. Here’s why: A full understanding of a depressed person’s struggles and challenges is not possible because each depressed person’s experience is different. A partial understanding is possible if we have…
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Most definitely inner joy is the key to good work relationships. I have found your attitude at work can greatly effect others. I am a Certified Nurses Aid for life. Because, I love the elderly. They are our lost dis…
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Adding co-workers to Facebook as friends is never a good idea. This is for reasons that some people do not realize. Facebook is designed to connect with old friends and family. Co-workers are people that we see everyday and communicate…
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Work relations are no different from any other relationship in life; to be successful requires time, patience, mutual respect and an understanding of position hierarchy. However, naturally not every relationship will work; it is inevitable that in every work place…
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  After the fallout of a break-up has cleared, there is often the temptation to return to the significant other under the guise of “friendship.” While intentions are often honest, becoming close friends with an ex-lover is, in most cases,…
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Handling a difficult co-worker is never in easy task. Usually they are noisy because they think that they will miss out on something if they do not have every bit of office gossip available. They are afraid that world will…
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Working in an office, you can spend more time each day with your colleagues than you do with your own family. This gives you the opportunity to experience some annoying habits without being able to say very much to encourage…
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Most of us don’t choose who our neighbors are. Most of us don’t even know the neighbors that we are getting when we move into a new place. We find a home that we like and we move. It’s simple…
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Handling rejection is never easy. Most people do not share their emotions completely because they are afraid to be rejected. If you have been rejected by someone that you like, you should consider yourself lucky that you did not invest…
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Living in a civilized society has its advantages and disadvantages. One advantage is that we get to live so close to many conveniences like grocery stores. A disadvantage is that we often have to live closer to other people than…
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Oh my goodness, where would I be without jerky men?  I would be sitting here alone in my little apartment crying that I need a man to be happy.  I was heartbroken and completely lost when my ex divorced me after 20 years…
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Working with friends or starting friendships in the workplace can be either a great experience or total disaster. Every situation is different. Every person is going to give back to a relationship or grab and run. Hopefully, your friend isn’t…
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