Friendships

The Inside Scoop on Your Introvert Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Losing friends can be particularly difficult for introverts because we don't surround ourselves with people. We prefer a few intimate friends to lots of less-intense friendships.

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Two Women Bare It All

Holly Robinson | Posted 11.17.2011

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Our first morning at Berkshire Vista Resort, my friend Mandy sleeps late while I muster the courage to leave our room. The question isn't so much what to wear, here, as what not to wear.

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Defriended: The Politics Of Social Networking

Giulia Rozzi | Posted 11.17.2011

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Last week my procrastination led me to conduct a classmate search on Facebook in which I noticed that a girl who had been my friend now had an "add as a friend" rectangle next to her face. "Add as a friend?"

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The Single Best Way to Tell if You Have Outgrown a Friendship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 11.17.2011

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If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.

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More about Sonia Sotomayor, From Someone Who Knew Her at Yale

Bella DePaulo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rachel Moran: "The stigma of singledom seems to have disappeared when it comes to qualifying for high office, both for men like David Souter and women like Sonia Sotomayor."

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Circles of Friends

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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Some women have the good fortune of having groups of friends who have a shared history -- based on where they were, where they lived, or what they did together.

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Big Hurts, Little Hurts and Apologies: How to Save a Friendship

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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If your friend is unwilling or unable to forgive you, don't lash out in anger. Step back and learn from the experience.

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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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Elective Friendships

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011

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My world is so small that I even have a hard time relating to people who don't like some of my favorite movies or TV shows. How can we be friends if we don't even laugh at the same jokes?

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True Confessions: What to Do When No One Has a Clue

Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison | Posted 11.17.2011

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What's "TMI" now that "we're trying to have a baby" is cocktail party conversation, and teenagers wear T-shirts that say, "You're worth waiting for. So am I."

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