Friends and Peers

Anger can consume a person, and is sometimes hard to get control of. Managing anger in a work relationship is even harder, especially when trying to maintain a professional demeanor. However, letting anger brew inside without resolving it can be…
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It is not easy to control your anger in the workplace. We are thrown together at work with many different personalities and characters. Most of the people we work with remain colleagues, some become friends, but whether we are friends or not,…
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We have all met them. Those people who just know what buttons to push to make you angry. It may be the “story teller” that always has to top your story with one of their own. Or maybe it’s the…
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No. This wouldn’t be a good idea at all. For what it implies really is just that by enlarge is viewed as taboo to most people. When you think about it there was something you once loved about them, yet…
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Facebook is a social media site – a website designed for social networking, rather than business or professional networking. If you add co-workers as friends on Facebook, it means that you are opening up not just your personal life and…
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Harassment in the workplace should never be ignored. You could place yourself and other co-workers in a worse situation if you do not know how to handle the harassment. Workplace harassment can be caused either by a co-worker who seeks sexual contact,…
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NOISY NEIGHBORS Orchard Lane—what an incredible name for our new address! Despite the lack of implied fruit trees, the little Americana house seemed ideal for the two of us, two creative people settling without too much fanfare into our twilight…
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When you have neighbors that are in close proximity and have a propensity for being loud, it is disturbing to your life. You may be having a peaceful day, enjoying itme in your own yard, when all of a sudden,…
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 When to call the police on your noisy neighbors. You sit in your apartment wondering what your neighbor is doing on the other side of that wall. You wonder how people can live with what sounds like ten kids literally…
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The world we live in now depends largely on the Internet for most of our communications, here are some reasons why that is a positive thing.  Long Distance Communication: Let’s face it, not only do people move across the country…
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Our colleagues, in the work place are with us for long periods of time during our work day. It is not surprising,eventually they may do or say something that may be annoying or irritating to us.  A colleague that constantly…
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You will be in an awkward position if you are cursed out at work.  You may not know what to do.  Of course the thing not to do is to curse right back at them.  That can only get you…
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I had a friendship that ended after fifteen years and no matter how hard I tried I could not move on entirely from this. I had shared my life with this person for such a very long time that it…
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How to keep a nearly lost friendship alive. I would say, first, consider the offense, assuming there is one. Ask yourself is this friendship worth saving or would it be better to just let go and move on. Sometimes we…
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After 39 years of waiting for my husband to turn into Prince Charming and seeing no progress at all, I accepted the reality of my life. My husband has many good qualities. He’s always been a good provider and makes…
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A “draining” friend typically refers to one who de-energizes you mentally or emotionally. Worse yet, a draining friend or acquaintance might even deplete your pocket! They may have different methods and issues, but their effect is the same. They take your highs and…
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It was around 13-23 years ago when I was in my Senior High school till graduated from University, I had very great friendship with some friends. They were the best friends I ever had. When I had big problem and…
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There is no reason why it can’t be possible. It all comes down to those involved. Its a matter of fact whether they are comfortable with being friends with someone whom they have shared much more in the past than…
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Depending on how long you have known your friend and how close you thought that you and your friend were, the idea of them starting a new love affair might be extremely upsetting to you. And, at the same time,…
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                It’s been said that the World Wide Web made the world smaller and brought us all closer together.  It may however have had something to do with the disappearance of the neighborhood bar-b-que.  Gone are the days of knowing…
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Lovers have an intimacy in their relationship that goes deeper than an average friendship.  There is enormous trust that is put in the partner of someone you bare your body to.   Your intimacy encompasses your feelings about your body, your…
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The best way I’ve found to develop a network of single friends is to get out and do things, to join groups, and to take part in activities that interest you. I’m a member of a theatre group, for example,…
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If you are someone wishing you could find new friends, I have some good news for you, even though the fact that you are reading this means that you might not agree with me. There are millions of people who…
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“Friends are friends, pals are pals and buddies sleep together.” An unknown person, perhaps of questionable moral standards to the hypocrites and closet-kittens within and among us, proliferated this time-honoured adage. And we’re not talking about an alcohol-induced momentary lapse…
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Have you ever wondered what happened to your first crush? Do you ever wish you could get to know some one better without putting yourself out there “too much”? If so, then Friendster.com may be for you. Like Myspace.com and…
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Socializing with strangers seems to be a lost art. Perhaps it’s the fear of meeting someone new, or irritating someone with an offhand comment, or running into the post-9/11 “emotional wall” mindset. However, while we are all individuals and not…
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Like anything in life, friendship takes time, friendship takes trust, friendship lost hurts, friendship involves a certain type of love, an innocent love that has no sexual desire. It’s a type of respect, that helps the heart to bloom but…
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Feeling like a fifth wheel at the dinner party? You need to make more single friends. Single friends understand that the things that are important to you are meaningful, even if these things are not relationships or children. Single friends…
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This topic really doesn’t even deserve to be a debate.  If a couple are ex-lovers, there’s a reason that they no longer feel a connection either sexually or emotionally.  How can one expect that incompatibilty to naturally evolve into a…
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Facebook users often want to add as many people they know to their network and make as many connections as possible. Hey, the more the merrier! However, there is one group of people in your life that you should steer…
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