Moving

Single? Now You Can Hire a Boyfriend

LearnVest | Posted 05.22.2012

LearnVest

Some things are just harder by yourself.

My Book Problem

Warren Adler | Posted 05.14.2012

Warren Adler

Recently, I moved to another apartment. While moving in itself is a traumatic event, my principal problem is books. I have a huge collection of books.

The Road between Friends is Never Long -- Or Is It?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.13.2012

Dr. Irene S. Levine

Proximity plays an important role in friendships.

Needing Space

Jena Kingsley | Posted 05.08.2012

Jena Kingsley

One day my (then) boyfriend asked if he could have a little piece of his own real estate in my apartment. "Maybe a drawer?" I think my heart stopped for a second. Not in a good way.

It Was Just A House -- But It Was Also A Life, Left Behind

Lori Day | Posted 04.08.2012

Lori Day

The bare oak floor was full of scattered things: ponytail holders and Playmobil pieces and one very tiny white sock. I picked it up and began weeping.

Alexander Eichler

Job Relocation Help Less Likely For Homeowners

HuffingtonPost.com | Alexander Eichler | Posted 02.02.2012

The percentage of people moving for new jobs fell to a near-historic low in the second half of 2011, according to a recent report, as the housing bust...

How to Avoid 'Expectation Overload'

Sondra Kornblatt | Posted 03.24.2012

Sondra Kornblatt

Women want to know the magic cure to keep their minds going and going and going. But the truth is that all this going and going and going is why you feel like you're losing your mind.

A Lesson in Moving: From the Practical to the Philosophical

Adele Scheele | Posted 02.15.2012

Adele Scheele

Moving, as anyone knows, is one of the top stressors -- along with family death, divorce, or the loss of a job. Having experienced them all, I have often thought that I'd become more practiced, maybe even immune to their emotional toll. But quite the opposite happens; it gets harder.

Americans Moved At An All-Time Low Rate Last Year

Posted 11.16.2011

Americans last year moved at the lowest rate in recorded history, according to a new report from the Census Bureau. Between 2010 and 2011, 11.6 per...

New Mom Having a Hard Time Making New Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.11.2012

Dr. Irene S. Levine

When we're lonely, it's natural to think about reaching back into the past to resurrect relationships with old school chums -- but be cautious. You may realize that you have even less in common with these friends -- except for your shared history.

Notes of an Ex-Pat, Epilogue: The First Year

W. Hunter Roberts | Posted 01.10.2012

W. Hunter Roberts

It is only now, looking back a year into my new life, that I realize what a crazy thing it was to do, and what a brilliant one. What made me take the leap? I went for a few months, to write and gain some perspective.

How to Make Your New College Town Your Home

Uloop | Posted 11.22.2011

Uloop

Just as meeting people on campus will make you more comfortable at school, so will your getting acquainted with the surrounding area help you settle in for the next four years.

What Kind of Stability Do Kids Need?

Ariel Gore | Posted 10.09.2011

Ariel Gore

Is a family's boho lifestyle indicative of an overall flakiness? Or is it just, well, what it is? I mean, whole cultures have thrived as nomads.

Pardon My French: Our Heroine Starts to Panic

Katie Beck | Posted 10.05.2011

Katie Beck

Each trip out of the apartment must include at least one errand -- shipping boxes, or donating books to the library, something that can be checked off the list.

Pardon My French: Our Heroine Makes an Impulsive Decision

Katie Beck | Posted 10.02.2011

Katie Beck

"I'm sorry to bother you on a Saturday," I said. "I've decided to move to France."

Ben Craw

Tom Cannon, BungoBox: 27 Million And Counting

HuffingtonPost.com | Ben Craw | Posted 08.30.2011

Starting your own business is a noble -- not to mention exciting, rewarding and often crazy -- undertaking. The experience is an adventure, to say the...

The 6 Most Annoying Things About Move-Out Day

| Posted 07.19.2011

By Heidi - Bridgewater State University Move-out day is usually a good thing, right? You get to move out of the tiny room you've been living in fo...

Friendship Calculus: The Problem of Three

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene: Three friends never seem to work. One person always gets excluded in one way or another. I just moved to a new town where my husb...

Legacy Friends: Keeping old friendships alive

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi Irene, My best friend from college (who later was my maid of honor) and I had a fall out three years ago. After 13 years of friendship, ...

No best friends but plenty of contacts

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Hi, I have grown up moving around a lot---five middle schools and six elementary schools to be exact. Always being the new kid conditioned ...

Changing places and changing friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I have never been the type to initiate friendships, although I can usually guess pretty accurately whether I'll end up being fr...

Deserted by housemates

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, For the past sixteen months I've lived with two very vibrant, interesting, artistic women in a lovely house in the Toronto Beac...

How do I make friends in the middle of nowhere?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

For many of us, workplaces have supplanted the roles once played by neighborhoods QUESTION Dear Irene, I just found your site while looking for a ...

Jours of Our Lives: Introduction

Beth Arnold | Posted 05.25.2011

Beth Arnold

I had dreamed of living in Europe since I was 19 years old -- the age at which I first saw it, felt it, and loved it. Fast-forward 29 years: I finally got my chance!

Can you pause a friendship?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Dr. Irene S. Levine

QUESTION Dear Irene, I have a group of girlfriends, basically six of us, who've known each other since high school. Anyway, I got very close with th...