Monthly Archives: October 2011

The obvious and empowering and “you go girl!” answer to the question posed in this post’s title is “Of course not.” I know that that’s the right thing to say, and it’s what I’d like to believe. It is definitely … Continue reading →

Julie over at Fox and Bird tweeted me this greeting card yesterday. If only we each sent it to one other person… My blog would be out of business! Send it to one potential pal today. If she’s worth being … Continue reading →

You know how friend breakups are so miserable? And how after you’ve broken up, even being in the same room feels impossible because the tension is so thick with unresolved feelings and crazy intense emotion? Well, imagine that instead of … Continue reading →

It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “Researchers at University College London… showed that the more Facebook friends a person has, the more ‘real-world’ friends they are likely to have.” (“Number … Continue reading →

I was chatting with a couple during last weekend’s wedding happy hour, when the male half referenced a budding actor that he was “friends with.” Right on cue, his wife looked at him and said, “Are you friends? Or are … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks back, I posted the first 20 questions of the BFF quiz that kept Sara and me busy during our weekend visit. Turns out that after 20 years of friendship (20 years!) we know each other pretty … Continue reading →

Yesterday, a reader emailed me a really interesting blog post from the New York Times Motherlode blog. (Thanks, Leah, for passing it along!) The piece, entitled “The Myth of ‘Real’ Female Friendships” is a response to a critique of the … Continue reading →

Since leaving my office job back in June, I’ve been working primarily from home. And from the coffee shop down the block. When my self-employment first started, I was really worried that this kind of solitary writing life wouldn’t gel … Continue reading →

It’s Research Wednesday! Where I share the latest, or most fascinating, in the science of friendship. “Among the many reasons Americans are lucky is that they tend to have people they can depend on. That is one of the takeaways from … Continue reading →

When careers get busy or families start growing, the first thing to fall to the wayside is, often, friendship. That’s why ages 25-40 are the “friendship danger years.” Historically, if you could keep a friend through those years, you could … Continue reading →