Female Friendships

Balancing Motherhood, Marriage and Friendship: An Interview With Allison Winn Scotch

Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Allison Winn Scotch, Maintaining Friendships, Time, Living News, Relationships, Infertility, Motherhood, Random House, Female Friendships, Virtual Friends, Isolation, Time of My Life, Friendship by the Book, Marriage, Loneliness, 30-Something, Weinstein Company, Syle, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Time of Your Life tells the story of Jillian -- a thirty-something, married, suburban mother -- who suddenly sees her life playing out a different way than it did seven years ago, jumps to fix it, and takes the reader along for the ride

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Four Calls Before 8 AM

Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Aging, Relationships, Mananita, Birthdays, Living, Caregiver, Loss, Female Friendships, Irene S. Levine, Living News
Irene S. Levine

For as long as I can remember, my mom has called me at 7:46 AM on every single birthday. It was well past 8:00 AM and I realized that this was the first time that my mother's call hadn't come.

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Friendship by the Book: An Interview with Anne Roiphe

Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.23.2008 | Living

Read More: Widowhood, Relationships, Jerusalem Report, Sisterhood of Widows, Friendship by the Book, Widow, Anne Roiphe, Carol Haggas, Female Friendships, Vogue, The Guardian, Rebuff, Elle, New York Observer, New York Times, National Book Award, Parents, Living, Redbook, Loss of Spouse, Epilogue, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Epilogue is a gripping memoir by National Book Award finalist Anne Roiphe, who was forced to recompose her life after the sudden loss of her husband of 39 years.

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The Friend I Never Met

Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, Female Friendships, Virtual Friends, Illness, Lori Hall Steele, Freelance Success, Lyme Disease, Charitable, Health, Freelance, Friendship Circles, Lou Gehrig’s Disease, Living, American Society of Journalists and Authors, Als, Asja, Living News
Irene S. Levine

I feel very proud to be part of a writing community that has circled around a woman that many have only met once or twice, or like myself, only know virtually.

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The Friendship Olympics: Which sex wins the gold?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Roles, Oxford University Press, University of Maryland, Geoffrey Greif, Research, Relationships, Sex, Differences, Living, Female Friendships, Buddy System, Male Friendships, Gender, Culture, Best Friends, Living News
Irene S. Levine

How do male and female friendships differ from one another?

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Resolving the Friendship-Deficit

Irene S. Levine | Posted 07.31.2008 | Living

Read More: Friend, Relationships, Living Section, August 3, Health, Friendship Deficit, Friendship Day, Work-Life Balance, Nurturing Friendships, Female Friendships, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Even the clueless among us know that close friendships aren't made or celebrated on a single day. They're nurtured by repeated contacts over time when we share our real selves with others.

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Dear Hillary, Do You Need A Female Friend?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Horace Greeley High School, Living History, Women, Chappaqua, Temple Beth El, Wise Wonderful Women of Westchester, Female Friendships, Kittle House, Bell Middle School, Second Story Bookshop, Friendship Deficit, Hillary Clinton, Washington Post, Mothers and Daughters, Living, Second Shift, Clinton, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Remember me? I introduced myself and welcomed you to Chappaqua in a letter that appeared in The Washington Post in 1999. You even took the time to acknowledge it, writing me a personal note afterwards. Like other neighbors in our small leafy hamlet (the way it's referred to disparagingly in the press), we never really got to know each other.

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Your Wedding Was Awesome

Taii K. Austin | Posted 06.17.2008 | Living

Read More: Marriage, Starter Weddings, Female Friendships, Starter Marriage, Weddings, Living News
Taii K. Austin

Oh my God, Lisa, your wedding was awesome! Thank you so much for inviting me. I'm gonna hit the highway before traffic-- What's that? Oh no, no. ...

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Big Love Trumps Mr. Big

Kate Clinton | Posted 06.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obama Supporters, Friendship, Sex and the City: The Movie, Friends, Sex and the City Movie, Sex and the City, Clinton Supporters, Female Friendships, Entertainment News
Kate Clinton

For Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte, the friendship works because they talk. And they forgive each other. Obama and Clinton gals -- let's get it on! And get on with it.

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Reader Q &A: Help! Can Collateral Damage Be Avoided in a BFF Breakup?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Friend, Breakup, Living News, Fractured Friendships, Divorce, Friendship Sabbatical, Reader Q&A, Female Friendships, Collateral Damage, Trial Separation, Friends of Friend, Rifts, Marriage, Interconnections, Reciprocity, Circle of Friends, Toxic Friendship, Mutual Friends, Catastrophic, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Dear Irene, I have experienced a catastrophic rift with my friend of over 10 years. This Thursday, there's a joint birthday party for two mutual friends. We have both RSVP'd. What do I do?

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Sex: It's OK to Do It Alone

Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.28.2008 | Living

Read More: Fractured Friendship Syndrome, Making Friends, Gno, Girl’s Night Out, Entertainment, Lonely, Best Friends Forever, Sex and the City, Judgmental Friends, Satc, Judgmental, Affairs, Female Friendships, Fractured Friendships, Bff, Loneliness, Friendship Deficit, Living, Reader Q & A, Living News
Irene S. Levine

What do you do if the Sex and the City movie is about to appear in theaters...and you have no gal pal to go with?

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Sex: The Ultimate GNO is Coming to Your Neighborhood

Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.26.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Entertainment, Bff, Girl’s Night Out, Charlotte and Miranda, Satc, Sex and the City, Living Benefits, Female Friendships, Swap in the City, Fractured Friendships, Movies, Success in the City, Skirt! Magazine, Female Friendship, Carrie Bradshaw, Sex, Manolos, Gno, Samantha, Carrie, Cosmos, Entertainment News
Irene S. Levine

What will you be doing when Sex and The City hits the theaters on May 30th? If you are female and haven't thought about getting together with friends, you must be living in a cave.

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Girls Fighting with Girls and What We Can Learn From Men

Donna Fish | Posted 05.14.2008 | Home

Read More: Girls and Agression, Connection and Competition, Female Friendships, Home News
Donna Fish

OOOOh, you are saying to yourself; this is titillating and conjuring up catfights, or even better, mud wrestling. Sorry, you can follow your fantas...

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When It Comes to Friendship, Who's Counting?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.04.2008 | Living

Read More: Women, Linkedin, Numbers, Research, Myspace, Social Networking, Dunbar’s Number, Email, Female Friendships, Facebook, Maintaining Friends, Wall Street Journal, Numbers Guy, Tipping Point, Friendships, Online, Robin Dunbar, Malcolm Gladwell, Breaking Living News, Living News
Irene S. Levine

How many friendships -- real, virtual or a combination of the two -- can any one person reasonably handle?

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Splitting Hairs: Men Talk and Women Yak?

Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Chappaqua, Women, Stylists, Friends, Yak, Wall Street, New York Times, Bear Stearns, Hair Salons, Female Friendships, Salon, Hair, Applebome, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Yes, men accuse women of "yakking". But when it comes to clinching hard-to-get appointment at a hair salon, it isn't simply about getting your hair done. Hair salons are vital epicenters of in-person communication for women.

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A Friendship Lesson from the Lipstick Jungle Finale

Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Kim Raver, Nico Reilly, Robert Buckley, Lindsay Price, Brooke SHields, Disappointment, Morals, Female Friendships, Lipstick Jungle, Finale, Irene S. Levine, Intimacy, Wendy Healy, Ethics, Changing a Friend’s Behavior, Victory Ford, Kirby, Charles, Living News
Irene S. Levine

We all need friends who will be there for us when we fall.

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Five Ways to Unload A Toxic Friend

Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Reciprocity, Myth of Best Friends Forever, Toxic Friends, Female Friendships, Not About Spitzer, Living News
Irene S. Levine

Contrary to the myth of best friends forever, many female friendships don't always turn out the way we hoped they would.

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