Friendship

Reinvent Date Night

Heidi Brod | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Food News, Fearless, Fashion, Women, News, Romance, Chefs, Friendship, International-Culinary-Center, Female Chef, Inspiration, Culinary School, Slidepollajax, Date Night, Becoming-Fearless, Women News

When the salesperson arrives, Lisa promptly asks if the dress comes in the size "women who eat." Horrified, I lead the way out the door.

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The Mommy Wars Are Wrecking Your Health: Here's What To Do About It

Andrea Bonior | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Hilary Rosen, Depression, Ann Romney, Relationships, Children, Newborns, Working Mothers, Social Networking, Postpartum Depression, Motherhood, Twitter, Status Updates, Media, Parenting, Babies, Mommy Bloggers, Facebook, Stay at Home Mothers, Parenthood, Friendship, Social Support, Social Networks, Social Lives, Mommy Wars, Technology, Suicidal Ideation, Tiger Moms, Parents News

Call it whatever you want: the Mommy wars, Mean Girls growing up, cat (or Tiger!) fighting: American culture seems to delight in watching mothers tear each other down.

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What Happens When Divorce Drives A Wedge Between Sisters?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Women, Divorce, Conflict, Sisters, Hostility, Friendship Advice, Divorce News

My sister is two years older than me. We've had a pretty good relationship throughout the years although our teen years have really taken a toll.

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Into the Din of Life Comes the Quiet Hush of Death

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Friendship, Circle of Life, Death of a Friend, Reincarnation, Facing Death, Quiet of Death, Love, Spirituality, Death, Life, Loudness of Life, Death & Dying, Healthy Living News

It's easy to forget -- when you're knee-deep in the process of living -- that Death is up ahead somewhere waiting to be dealt with, an inevitable passage we ponder and fear.

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Friends or 'Menemies?'

Natasha Scripture | Posted 04.15.2012

Read More: Friendship, Relationships, Sex, Dating, Friends, Women and Friendship, Can Men and Women Be Friends, Menemies, Platonic Relationships, Women News

When I was a young, naïve thing, my Dad used to tell me: "boys don't want to be your friend." He then left the rest to my imagination.

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Why Cancer Doesn't Always Suck

Meredith McNerney | Posted 04.13.2012

Read More: Friendship, Interpersonal Relationships, Living With Cancer, Friends, Cancer, DC News

In many ways, cancer does suck. I know. I received that dreaded phone call on my birthday, of all days, and that day sucked. But the benefit of the journey is experiencing the human spirit like never before.

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'My Friends are Leaving me Behind'

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Friendship Advice, Change, Keeping Friends, Nervous, Facebook, New Job, Women News

"I'm scared that we'll lose our bond and drift away from each other like I have done with all my school friends. What do you think I should do?"

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How My Daughter Saved My Divorce

Dori Hartley | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Friendship, Years, Divorce, Life, Family, Platonic Relationships, Divorce News

The kiss that never should have been -- but had to be -- took two people, made three out of them, gave them a life together and then broke them apart. We divorced.

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Does 'Girls' Show The Reality Of Female Friendship?

Salon | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Girls, Friendship, Television, Female Friendship, Relationships, Female Dynamics, Sex, Lena Dunham, Women News

A young woman sleeps in her bed, in the embrace of someone who has a leg draped over her thigh and an arm comfortingly around her middle. When the ala...

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How To Spring Clean Your Relationships

HelloGiggles | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Friendship, Spring Cleaning, Springtime, Relationships, Romance, Spring Clean Your Relationships, Communication, Women News

Spring Cleaning, loved by some and dreaded by others, is the annual major cleaning of your home that happens - wait for it - in the Spring. Since we'r...

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The Bully Movement: An Interview With Lee Hirsch

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, Bully, Bullying, Lee Hirsch, Cyber-Bullying, Lee Hirsch Bully, Lee Hirsch Interview, Anti-Bullying, Entertainment News

Where Hirsch's movie is so successful is that it ignites empathy for those that have been bullied and will forever imprint in the minds of those who have seen it.

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Why Male-Female Friendships Are Missing From Pop Culture

The New York Times | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Friendship, Male Female Dynamics, Pop Culture, Male Female Friendships, Relationships, Friendship Dynamics, Platonic Relationships, Women News

CAN men and women be friends? We have been asking ourselves that question for a long time, and the answer is usually no. The movie "When Harry Met Sal...

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Thank God For My Single Friends

Nicola Kraus | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Friendship, Motherhood, Parenting, Female Friendships, Children, Parents News

Yes, there is a real divide between the Rested and the Great Underslept, as I will refer to the parenting class. But I propose that if the childless can be patient, and the child-ed can refrain from misplaced condescension, we can benefit from each other.

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A Passover Seder for Dults

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Friendship, Goodness, Empathy, Responsibility, Honesty, Humanity, Respect, Good News, Love, Gratitude, Passover, Haggadah, Passover Seder, Seder, Culture News

For all people, not just Jewish people, Passover is meant to break through the current-day "narrow straights" that restrict us from achieving the potential that can bring us happiness and help the world. But that potential rests on becoming a Dult.

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Why Busy Philipps Is The Ultimate Best Friend

HelloGiggles | Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Friendship, Busy Philipps, Friends, Michelle Williams, Female Friendship, Female Relationships, Best Friends, Women News

I don't write about celebrities and I am definitely not a writer. But the relationship between Michelle Williams and Busy Philipps has ignited the wri...

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When You Fall, Who's There to Catch You?

Nikki Luongo | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Friendship, Co-Dependency, Friendships, Conscious Relationships, Independence, Healthy Living News

Johnny Cash, in the beginning of his relationship with June Carter, the love of his life, wrote a song that they share, which became an anthem for the...

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How Not to Drive People Crazy with Your Baby

Toni Nagy | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Friendship, Relationships, Humor, Children, Pregnancy, Parenting, Babies, Parenting Advice, Comedy, Childbirth, Parents News

From the moment you find out you are pregnant, your potential to be annoying multiplies into one of those numbers only astrophysicists can understand.

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Finding Friendship, With Autism

Tom Fields-Meyer | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: National Autism Awareness Month, Friendship, Autism, Autism and Friendship, Parents-Autism, Parents News

Ezra, who is now 16, had a prodigious memory--particularly for dates and animation trivia--and an extensive knowledge of animals. More important, he was sweet and loving and happy. What he didn't have was friends. Or, apparently, a need for them.

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When Life in a Subdivision Turns from Cozy to Creepy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Neighbor, Friendship Advice, Collateral Damage, Children, Neighborhood, Women News

I heard a tapping on the back patio door. It was the middle of the night and my son and husband were sleeping upstairs!

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When You Can't Remember Where You Hid Stuff

Linda Durnell | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Role Models, Friendship, Women, Friends, Menopause, Girlfriends, Aging Gracefully, Aging, 50s, Aging Naturally, Fifty News

However we choose to live our lives in our 50s, whether through true grit, humor or acceptance, it seems to me that it is a personal lifestyle choice.

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WATCH: Your Turn: Urban Family

Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Marlo Thomas, Friendship, Your Turn, Urban Family, Video, Relationships, Women News

Many of our parents grew up in the same city where they got married, and stayed there and raised their children. Today that's not always the case. No...

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Why Men Need Other Men

Ken Solin | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Friendship, Emotions, Men, Mental Health, Male Friendship, Men and Friendship, Bromance, Men's Group, Women-and-Mental-Health, Fifty News

When I was a boy, my heroes were the strong, silent types portrayed in the movies. It took me a while to figure out what acting like a man really means.

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Being Left Out Never Gets Easy

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Rejected, Excluded, Left Out, Girlfriend Getaway, Friendship Advice, Circle of Friends, Manners, Women News

Should I keep reaching out or just forget it?

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Don't Let This Happen to your Friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Handling Conflict, Wedding, Marriage, Communication, Women, Children, Friendship Advice, Disappointing, Husband, Women News

I sent her an apology letter, I've posted on her wall wishing her a Happy Birthday, Happy Veteran's Day, mentioning how sorry to hear that her cat had passed, etc. with no response.

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Why Good Friends Make You Happy: People With Strong Friendships Can Reap Big Well-Being, Happiness Rewards

U.S.News | Phillip Moeller | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Benefits-of-Friends, Friendship, Video, Mindfulness, Good Health, Friendship Advice, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Healthy Living News

Phillip Moeller for US News The gravitational pull of individual friendships can have an enormous cumulative effect on the quality of our lives. Wi...

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