Friends and Peers

Interfering in a friends unhealthy relationship may be necessary if that relationship is having negative affects on your friend. Many relationships can be labeled unhealthy but there are different degrees of unhealthiness ranging from self destructive behavior, depression, emotional and…
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When a person is faced with speaking or dealing with another person who has bad breath it is important to address the situation rather than get away from it. Sometimes a person has a medical problem that causes them to…
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If I’d ever tell my late mother that I was about to interfere in a friend’s unhealthy relationship, she’d say, “Don’t stick your nose in where it doesn’t belong!” If such situations should happen today, and I were to consider…
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It is pointless to deceive yourself that you will adjust to your friend’s new love with time or that it does not mean anything to you. If this person is truly your friend and you share affections, you will not…
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Does your friend remind you of the red wire on a nuclear warhead where their trigger continues to pump impatience no matter how much you try to cut the blue wire to dismantle their odd behavior?  Feels like impulse-a-geddon.  But…
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Truth is, there’s no value in analyzing reasons, defense tactics and the burdens of tactless actions or remarks.  The very essence to sustaining a friendship is honesty, pure and simple.  And if you can’t learn to accept honesty, even when…
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If you know you must. Friends are called friends, because they are so dear to us. We wouldn’t be friends if, we didn’t care. Friends can help alot sometime just by our action. If we’re in a unhealthy relationship, and…
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If you are not a close friend, don’t even think about interfering in another person’s relationship. As Ann Landers used to say, MYOB. However, if you are a close friend, then you have a responsibility to that friend. As close…
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There are so many factors today that can make people impatient. Most processes today premised on ‘instant’ access. When your friend begins to exhibit impatience as a persistent habit you need to take decisive actions to curb that tendency. Impatience is…
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Just because I am sad doesn’t mean I don’t need friends.  Part of the reason I need friends is to feel wanted and needed. I’ve been taught to put a smile on my face act like nothing was wrong so you…
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In the English language “friend” is a blanket word used to cover a variety of different relationships. Some people refer to others as friends when “acquaintance” might be more appropriate. Some people don’t distinguish between people they’ve known a long…
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I have a friend I have known for about 20 years and I have never interfered in her relationship. I think that if you know your friend really well it makes it easier to throw in your opinion to them,…
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When you’re unemployed you generally have much more time on your hands than when you had to work a forty hour week. However, you can’t exactly enjoy this time off when you don’t know how long you’re going to be…
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There is no sure fire way of predicting whether or not a friendship will turn out to be a dependable, optimistic relationship in your life, or by contrast, a pessimistic one will cause upset or worry. Once a relationship starts…
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Introverts are often misunderstood by others and by themselves. Introversion does not mean shy and withdrawn like a hermit or recluse, so if friends do not understand this, are they true friends? This debate began just over a century ago…
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Research has shown that a large percentage of people don’t know their neighbors at all. Although a myriad of people have lived side by side for many years, many of them don’t even know how many people live in the…
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1. If you know there’s certain places you should go and certain places you shouldn’t for your own safety, you’re street smart. 2. If someone can give you five dollars and you can go on the streets and make that five…
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Your friend is just heading for trouble, you think, perhaps they are already there. So how do you tell them they’re in an unhealthy relationship? Should you even say something? This is a very delicate subject since what you define…
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When you’re hard-up for cash your social life can suffer because you can’t really afford to go out with friends and you don’t exactly want them to know that you’re struggling with your finances. Financial worries can get you down,…
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Interfering in a friend’s unhealthy relationship is a minefield that should be entered with grave caution. Even if you are invited to step in, it is a good idea to go very slowly through that door. It is common for…
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Social networking sites are amongst the most popular websites in the world. They are becoming the ultimate source of almost everything, from news to entertainment and even friends. Facebook, Twitter, MySpace, Digg – that’s where we spend a lot of…
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Being friends with the most attractive girl around Having seen so much competition amongst females (and males) vying for who is (or shall be) the most attractive, I’ve delved into the matter from a “philosophical perspective”. What IF your friend/buddy/lover/roommate…
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It should normally be very easy to meet people in your neighborhood but some neighborhoods are easier for meeting people. There are a variety of different types of neighborhoods that you will have to take into consideration when meeting people…
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I think in order to respond to this statement fairly we need to understand two elements of the relationship. The first one would be acknowledging what kind of a relationship it was and the dedication that each partner had towards…
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Aristotle claimed that a love so deep and true, whether friendly or romantic love, was like having “one soul inhabiting two bodies.” It is admittedly a different way of defining love, but its meaning seems to delve deeper than when…
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A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother. Proverbs 18:24 Some of us have only a few close friends while others have many acquaintances yet few close friends. Among…
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Handling passive aggressive behavior is one of the most difficult challenges in the world of human interaction and communication.  The one who is unfortunate enough to be on the receiving end of such behavior has to have the patience of…
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The big day has come, “no, not your wedding day, but the day you tell your friend that you are not inviting her to your wedding. Perhaps, you are fed up with all the lies she’s told you or that…
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While it’s true that we don’t want to lose our friends when we get married, there are some friends that can damage our marriage if we let them.  They mean well, and often they may even mean to protect us…
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Moving to a new house in a new neighborhood might be quite scary and lonely at first, for the neighbours will be an unknown quantity. As time goes by however, it gets easier to meet people living around the area. …
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