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Girlfriends with Pink Slips

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Fired, Depression, Living News, Unemployed, Female Friendship, Economic Crisis, Economy, Termination, Layoff, Washington Post, Pink Slip, Slate, Black Monday, Job Cuts, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The support of female friends can help a woman get over the traumatic emotional and financial losses associated with being fired or let go. What can friends do?

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Inauguration, Orange

Suz Redfearn | Posted 02.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Inauguration, Inauguration Day Cold, Hope, Inauguration Day, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Jubilation, Inauguration Day Events, Inauguration Day Stories, Washington DC, Third Street, Barack Obama Inauguration, Purple Inauguration Tickets, Barack Obama, Obama Inauguration Day, Happiness, Joy, Friendship, Virginia, Kids, Arlington Cemetary, Being Cold, Inauguration, Florida, Excitement Obama, Obama Inauguration Tickets, Politics News
Suz Redfearn

I have no capacity for standing out in the cold. I was born in Florida. What was I going to do with my two year-old? All our babysitters either wanted to be home to watch the Inauguration themselves, or try to go.

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Together We Stand: The Inauguration

Joy Bryant | Posted 02.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Obama Inauguration Coverage, Yes We Can, The Sun, Cold, Obama's Inauguration, High School Reunion, Hope, Inauguration Day Cold, Inauguration Day 2009, Obama Inauguration, Jubilation, Causecast, Barack Obama Inauguration, Female Friendships, Reunions, Happiness, Joy, Friendship, Inauguration Parade, Female Friendship, Inauguration, Obama Inaugural, Excitement Obama, Living News
Joy Bryant

We all stood, friends and strangers, freezing and frozen, laughing and crying, booing and cheering... together. And that's how we'll get through all the mess that our country is in.

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Networkaholism: It Could Happen To You

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 02.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Business Conferences, Organizations, Female Friendship, Social Networks, Social Networking, Colleagues, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

There's a huge trend these days for networking up a storm at various organizational events and social networking sites. But sadly with this cultural e...

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Rioja

Michael Jones | Posted 02.22.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Friendship, San Sebastian, Rioja, Life Changes, Happiness, Chicago News
Michael Jones

As she looked at Laurian ten years later in a North Side bar, she realized that the only thing they shared anymore was the kind of wine they were drinking.

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Why "Gathering" with Friends is Key to Stress Relief

Kari Henley | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Hiking, Togetherness, Lifestyle, Friends, Activities, Poker, Babysitting, Community, Macaroni and Cheese, Getting Together, Stress Reduction, Mac and Cheese, Happiness Tips, Happiness, Joining Clubs, Friendship, Knitting, Soccer, Having Fun, Bridge, Meditation, Stress Relief, Scrapbooking, Gardening, Moms, Living News
Kari Henley

We are wired for 'village style' community lifestyles at the very core. Fundamentally, we long to belong.

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How Many Friends Would You Give up For a Whopper?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 02.11.2009 | Style

Read More: Relationships, Defriend, Burger King, Crispi Porter + Bogusky, Media, Facebook, Friendship, Friendships, Frenemies, Advertising, Defriending, Jeff Benjamin, Marketing, Whopper Sacrifice, Delete, Breaking Living News, Adweek, Style News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

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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The Facebook Effect: How Social Media are Transforming Our Capacity to Achieve

Rick Smith | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business

Read More: Careers, Friendship, Jobs, Facebook and Employment, Facebook, Social Networking, Networking, Weak Ties, Business News
Rick Smith

For the first time in human history, technology enabled social media allow us to exponentially expand our network of weak ties, potentially into the thousands over a lifetime.

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It May Be Time to Redefine Family

Janet Carlson | Posted 02.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Divorce, Family, Roger Angell, Friendship, Marriage, Family Dynamics, Holiday Season, New Yorker, Being Friendly, Holiday Season Commentary, Love, Living News
Janet Carlson

It's a funny concept, spending money on gifts for the man you're divorcing, isn't it? The man you're trying to disentangle from financially?

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A Friendship Too Broken to Fix

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.27.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Fractured Friendships, Women, Friends, Living News, Ambivalence, Dumped, Hostility, Female Friendships, Style News, Irene S. Levine, Relationships, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

It's exceedingly difficult, usually impossible, to downgrade a romance to a platonic friendship after someone has been dumped.

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A Wealthy Man

Laurence Leamer | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Friendship, Charity, Wealth, Laurence Leamer, Christmas, Bernard Madoff, Faith, Christian, Jewish, Happiness, Hanakah, Holiday Season Commentary, Business News
Laurence Leamer

This is a Christmas and Hanukah season like no other. Many people have lost money. Millions are out of work, and those who still have jobs fear for their own future. It is a bad time, but also a good time.

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Need To Energize Your Network? Here's How

Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Social Networking, Careers, Social Networking Sites, Networking, Friendship, Linkedin, Google Alerts, Social Networks, Business Acquaintances, Business Conferences, Business Meetings, Facebook, Business News
Fred Whelan and Gladys Stone

Now really, what's the point in having a network if you rarely connect with the people in it?

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Getting Over a Friendship Drought

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 01.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Drought, Loneliness, Living News, Relationships, Female Friendship, Coping Mechanism, Nostalgia, Making Friends, Psychological Science, Sense of Belonging, Tim Wildschut, Friendship Study, Psychology, Psychological Coping Mechanism, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

The more lonely people are, the more nostalgic they tend to become as a way of increasing their self-perceived feeling of social support.

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Keep Your Friends Close and Your Frenemies Closer

Disgrasian | Posted 12.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Obama Cabinet, Bill Clinton, Reality TV, John McCain, Audrina Patridge, Bff, Lo Bosworth, Bill Clinton's Influence on Hillary's Popularity, The HIlls, Barack Obama, Friendship, The Hills Season 4, Heidi Montag, Frenemies, Rahm Emanuel, Obama Transition Team, Lauren Conrad, Obama Transition, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Secretary of State, MTV the Hills, Mccain the Hills, Obama Administration, Entertainment News
Disgrasian

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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If You Still See Black and White You Need New Glasses

Colleen Perry | Posted 11.12.2008 | Living

Read More: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs and Business, Friendship, Black and White Skin, Race, Relationships, Living News
Colleen Perry

I don't have to fear not being politically correct, because I no longer feel a division between us a nation as an untied people.

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Keeping Republican Friends: Please Help!

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 12.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Keeping Republican Friends, Election Results, Friendship, Political Friendship, Barack Obama, Post-Election, Republicans, Living News
SaraKay Smullens

I'd like to check something out with fellow Democrats: How are you doing with your Republican friends? Maybe I should also ask if you have Republican friends.

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"Girls' Night Out" Takes A Hit with the Economic Downturn

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Living News, Relationships, Girls’ Night Out, Female Friendships, Lipstick Jungle, Girls’ Night In, Friendship, Contest, Potlucks, Unemployment, Jo Gartin, Wall Street, Bailout, Style, Orville Redenbacher, Economy, Weddings, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

With the cost of entertainment, transportation and meals skyrocketing, there's a natural tendency to hunker down, cocoon at home, and reduce spending.

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How Happy Is... Your Friendship?

Sophie Keller | Posted 11.14.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, The Inner Life, How Happy Is, Self Help, The Balanced Life, Living News
Sophie Keller

Finding a good friend can often be as difficult as finding a really good love relationship. Not every friend that we have has to be in our lives forev...

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Lose Your Job and Watch Your Friends Vanish

Vicky Ward | Posted 10.30.2008 | Style

Read More: Friendship, Job Losses, Wall Street Crisis, Opera, Millionaires, Economic Crisis, Financial Crisis, Jobs, Style News
Vicky Ward

There's no doubt that in New York "friendship" is a fickle term. As long as you are king, you will courted; when you are down and out, you are dumped.

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Four Calls Before 8 AM

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 10.27.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Women, Aging, Relationships, Mananita, Birthdays, Living, Caregiver, Loss, Female Friendships, Irene S. Levine, Living News
Dr. 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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How To Dump A Friend

Dear Sugar | Posted 09.21.2008 | Style

Read More: How to Break Up With a Friend, Friendship, How to Dump Friend, Style News

I have a friend that I met at school; we became fast friends because we were in the same class. We've known each other for almost a year, yet I often ...

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Why Friendship Is Good For Your Health

Oprah.com | Tom Valeo | Posted 09.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Friendship Health Benefits, Health, Living News

"You got to have friends to make that day last long," sings Bette Midler. But good friends may help your life last longer, too, according to an Austr...

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Friend Poaching or Social Networking?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 09.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Linkedin, Friend Poaching, Myspace, Relationships, Female Friendship, Social Networking, Social Poaching, cnn.com, Living, Toxic Friends, Facebook, Betrayal, New York Magazine, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Friendships change over time. A friendship that is 'stolen' may have long been gone. It may offer the poachee an opportunity to change or get rid of a friendship that was draining or toxic in other ways.

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Psych 101: When a Close Friend is Depressed

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 08.06.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Mental Illness, Female Friendship, Tipping Point, Needy Friend, Suicide, Reader Q&A, Living, The Inner Life, Depression, Nimh, Mental Health, Health, Toxic Friends, Toxic Friendship, The Full Life, Living News
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Yes, there are some cases when close friends need to cut a little slack. Could it be that your friendship feels burdensome and painful because your friend is depressed?

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Adultolesence: The Difference Between Men Who Won't Grow Up And Men Who Just Wanna Have Fun

Christine Hassler | Posted 07.09.2008 | Living

Read More: Friendship, Twenty-Something Advice, Career, The Balanced Life, Gen Y, Advice, Adultolesence, Happiness, Living News
Christine Hassler

Dear Christine, I have a friend whose lifestyle bothers me - half of me is envious and half of me is concerned. Since college graduation, I've been b...

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