Best Friend

What to Do When Your Best Friend Has Found Someone Else

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Male-Female, Girlfriend, Dating, High School, Friendship Advice, Male Friend, Best Friend, Anxiety, Women News

What can I do to patch the friendship up? Should I give him space for a while, or do I need to confront the issue before we grow too far apart?

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Best Friends Can Help You Beat Stress, Study Finds

The Huffington Post | Amanda Chan | Posted 11.28.2011

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Stressed out? Go hang with your BFF. A small new study shows that during stressful times, being around a best friend decreases levels of the stres...

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When a friend who dumped you suddenly pops back in your life

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Invitation, Couple Friends, Living News, Weddings, Friendship Advice, Boyfriend, Relationships, Best Friend, Husband, Living, Healthy Living News

QUESTION Dear Irene, Recently discovered your column (it's awesome) and hope you can help me gain some perspective. I was introduced to my husband ...

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Middle school is tough on friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Name-Calling, Friendship, Friend, Mean Girls, Teasing, Preteen, Frenemies, Bully, Bullying, Friendship Advice, Teen, Middle School, Best Friend, Healthy Living News

QUESTION Dear Irene, My best friend and I have been best friends since the first grade. Now we're in middle school. This new charter school opened u...

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When friendship makes you feel like you're walking on eggshells

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Hi Irene, I haven't spoken to an old best friend for quite some time. I was the last one to initiate contact after the relationship had bec...

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Yes, Virginia, friendships fade

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, I am in my late 50s and feel discouraged to discover that all of my friendships seem so fluid. I've had very good friends durin...

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When you can't stand your teen's best friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Hi Irene, What should you tell a teen whose friend is nothing but trouble when she feels that the friend is her best friend in the who...

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7 ways to make a friend feel special on Valentine's Day

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Día Del Amor Y La Amistad, Living News, Friends, Relationships, Girlfriend Getaway, February 14th, Strengthening Friendship, Latin American, Best Friend, Valentine?S Day, Breaking Living News, Healthy Living News

For many women, Valentine's Day means much more than hearts, chocolates, and roses. The affection they feel on that day extends beyond lovers to their...

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What do you do when your BFF hits on your guy?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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QUESTION Hi Irene, My best friend since first grade has an obvious crush on my husband. She would never admit it outright and would be hurt if she h...

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Is Your Ex-Husband Your BFF?

The Stir | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Best Friend, Divorce, Remarriage, Divorce News

Over time, the three of us have managed to work through the awkwardness and settle in to the reality. Because the reality is that the three of us are bound by marriages past, present, and hopefully future for my ex.

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When a friend always needs to have the upper hand

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I'm 18 years old and my best friend and I have been friends for seven years. We went to middle school and high school together...

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To Hug Or Not To Hug?

Rachel Bertsche | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Friendship, Living, Best Friend, Hugs, Friends, Best Friends, The Balanced Life, Healthy Living News

Can we please talk about the most awkward moment of a girl date? Because it's killing me.

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The Challenges of Making Friends on a Large Campus

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, I'm a college freshman at a large state university. I chose not to join a sorority because it's really not my thing, and I've h...

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Girl-Hate-Girl Action

Rachel Bertsche | Posted 11.17.2011

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Everyone has someone they can't be friends with.

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When anxiety looms over a close friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, I am a college sophomore and have had relatively few close friendships. I'm okay with not having a lot, but have always wanted...

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A Conversation with Gail Caldwell: On the loss of a close friend

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

The death of a close friend is extraordinarily painful, made that much more difficult because bereaved friends typically evoke little sympathy and sup...

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What Do You Call Losing a Friend? Let's Take the Long Way Home

Randy Susan Meyers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Friendship, Book Reviews, Let's Take the Long Way Home, Gail Caldwell, Best Friends, Grief, Books, Mourning, Widow, Best Friend, Books News

Why isn't there a name for having your closest friend die? There is widowhood, there is being orphaned. The friends we love, the family of our heart -- we have no customs for mourning that loss.

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Her friendship suffers a sudden death

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, I have a friend that I felt was my best friend. She was in my wedding and we were pretty much attached at the hip. She called m...

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RED the Book: BFF, WTF? The Pain of the Best Friend Breakup

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 11.17.2011

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I want to talk about friends, about female companionship, about the girl who tugs at our hands and asks us to sit next to her, asks us to be her friend. Her best friend.

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Can a mother be a daughter's best friend?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by Amy Chozick, How Parents Became Cool, describes the parental paradigm shift (as seen on TV) from loving...

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Never a Best Friend?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I don't know if this is a strange question or if many other women have the same issue as me. I have a lot of friends that I'm ...

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The sadness of moving on and leaving a BFF behind

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, Over the course of my life I've had two or three best friends, relationships that ended for one reason or another. Although I ...

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Best Friends Day: The Soundtrack of our Friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Is there a woman my age (approaching 60) who doesn't remember singing along to "You've Got a Friend" with James Taylor or with Carol King on her Tapestry album?

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When a friend's gifts are over-the-top

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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QUESTION Dear Irene, A friend of mine spends a lot of money on gifts even when it's not a special occasion. She is not wealthy and her husband recen...

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Passed over as a Godmother: Dealing with the hurt

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

QUESTION Dear Irene, I am an only child and have a friend named Linda (who is also an only) whom I've known since first grade. She is due to give bi...

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