Frenemies

Your New Favorite Frenemy: Valerie Frankel, Author of It's Hard Not to Hate You

Rachel Kramer Bussel | Posted 02.20.2012

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In It's Hard Not to Hate You, Valerie Frankel delivers an often amusing, entertaining, educational and at times gossipy story of her life.

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Why Bridesmaids May Be More Trouble Than They're Worth

Xochitl Gonzalez | Posted 01.16.2012

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Brides who let smarts win out over sentiment know the real truth: Bridesmaids are more trouble than they are worth.

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"I Could Forgive Him, But Not Her."

Erin Mantz | Posted 12.27.2011

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It happened 25 years ago -- so why am I still thinking abou it today? "C" just sent me a friend request on Facebook.

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4 Consequences to Labeling a Friend 'Toxic'

Shasta Nelson, M.Div. | Posted 11.27.2011

Do a google search with two words that by definition shouldn't be in the same sentence, "avoid" and "friend," and you'll get a list of 409,000,000 articles helping you figure out which friends to drop.

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Is Having a "Less Than Perfect" Friend Better Than Having No Friend at All?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.29.2011

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It's so easy to become attached to the idea of "having a best friend" that we ignore the reality of a flawed friendship.

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Middle school is tough on friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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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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'Frenemies' And 'Bromances': Who Gendered Friendship?

Nicole Rodgers | Posted 11.17.2011

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Consumers of pop culture will find it hard to argue that there's not a strong undercurrent of formulaic and unflattering portrayals of women's relationships with other women.

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Meet Your Favorite College Frenemies

collegecandy.com | Posted 05.25.2011

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Love/hate relationships aren't just reserved for you and that hot-but-arrogant dude in your study group. It's a sometimes-sad truth that frenemies ca...

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Frenemies and Coping with Divorce: Six Tips to Help Your Kids, Family & Friends to Come Through for You

Diana Kirschner | Posted 05.25.2011

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And finally there are some, and this might include your own kids, who distance themselves out of divided loyalties or because they simply do not know how to deal with your situation. I call these family members and friends who have disappointed you your Frenemies.

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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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I can't believe she defriended me!

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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This week, I received an email from another writer who reminded me that she had once defriended me on Facebook. We both belong to the same professiona...

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Chelsea's Getting Married: What About Her Friends?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Just as it is for any other bride, whittling down the guest list is one of the toughest tasks in planning a wedding. Chelsea never asked my advice but had she, I would have suggested the following when deciding which friends to invite.

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How a Frenemy Swallows 'Good News' Gracefully

Doree Lewak | Posted 05.25.2011

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Here's how to be quasi-delicate, or at least not telegraph your outright resentment for a clearly less-attractive friend reaping all of life's fruits while you're here sucking on a lemon.

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The Celebrity Girlfriend in Your Backyard

Susan Shapiro Barash | Posted 11.17.2011

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It's an old story -- having a famous friend, or being famous and surrounding yourself with those who are like you. But celebrity status is beyond riveting lately, as is the yearning for best female friends.

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Five Ways to Improve Your Friendships in 2010

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

Are you only hanging on to one or more friendships only because of your reluctance to let go of a shared history? Perhaps you need to let go.

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How Many Friends Would You Give up For a Whopper?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Burger King's new marketing campaign -- called the WHOPPER Sacrifice and created by Crispin Porter Bogusky: Delete ten of your Facebook friends and you're rewarded with a coupon for a free Whopper.

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Keep Your Friends Close and Your Frenemies Closer

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Post-election politics have begun to resemble an episode of The Hills lately, with Obama (obviously Lauren Conrad) currently vetting best frenemy Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State.

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'Frenemy' Enters the Friendship Lexicon

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

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"Our friends are often like a second family, so it's inevitable that drama can arise."

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