Monthly Archives: June 2010
The Hard Facts: All the Single Ladies
It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “Lois Ames, a psychotherapist and poet in her seventies, tells us that she discovered a simple and unfortunate rule of thumb after her divorce forty … Continue reading
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Friends and Mothers
Here’s a fact about me that people find offensive: I’m not a dog person. I don’t hate dogs, exactly, but I really don’t like them all that much. Cats, too. I’m just not that into domestic pets. Here’s another fact: … Continue reading
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Shedding Unwanted Baggage
I’ve been wondering a lot about friend breakups lately. Studies show that ending things with a friend is more guilt-ridden for women than is dumping a lover. But what if you have to? Then what? Is there ever a good … Continue reading
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Famous Friendships: The Golden Girls
A discussion about The Golden Girls is long overdue on this blog, and not just because of Betty White’s incredible career resurgence or Rue McClanahan’s death last week. Aside from being a work of comic genius, it’s a fabulous reminder … Continue reading
The Incredible Disappearing Friend
When it comes to lifelong friends, I’m pretty lucky. Mine are drama-free, not too flakey, and terribly supportive of the fact that I’ve launched an entire blog in hopes of adding to their ranks. But nobody’s perfect and no matter … Continue reading
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The Hard Facts: Working Hard or Hardly Working
It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “Individuals report a fall in their happiness when they lose a job, but they report a smaller fall when they are surrounded by unemployed … Continue reading
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Getting Over the Hump
I’ve been writing this blog for just over three months now, and in that time I’ve made much progress in my search. I’ve met new potential BFFs, given my card to unsuspecting but nice-looking strangers (just this weekend to the … Continue reading
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A Time and Place for Everything
This past weekend I headed back to a hotbed of friendship: High School. The ten-year reunion was a great success. Good friends, good drinks, maybe even good food—I wouldn’t know since the salmon skewers were gone by the time I … Continue reading
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Ten Years Later…
This weekend I’ll be attending my 10-year high school reunion. You can imagine how excited I am for the part where former classmates say “What are you up to these days?” and I say “I’m blogging about how I have … Continue reading
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The Case Against Friendship?
There’s an article in this month’s Marie Claire by Lori Gottlieb (author of the controversial Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough) in which she argues that female friendships are a sham. She writes: “I’ve always enjoyed … Continue reading
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