Friends and Peers

So that girl who thinks you aren’t good enough to date has decided that she wants to be your friend. Are you having trouble deciding whether to hang out with her, or let the relationship die a natural death? Here…
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How to get along with people you dislike is one of the keys to your own happiness. Nobody can make you unhappy or happy but you and therefore if somebody gets under your skin you should consider it to be…
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“Can we still be friends?” Many express horror at the thought of becoming “just friends” with their lover. What brought you together in the first place? Was it an inclination to know each other better or merely lust? When you…
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One of the nice things about going to work every day is you get to see a bunch of people that you know when you get there, but of course, it’s also one of the bad things about going to…
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Don’t fool yourself, you will not be able to keep your ex-lover as a friend, at least not for the foreseeable future. There must have been significant issues in the relationship which could not be resolved in a manner satisfactory…
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It’s bad enough we all had to deal with things like gossip in junior high school, and it was nice enough to think that we wouldn’t have to deal with it anymore when we got out of school and entered…
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Lacking confidence will definitely affect the relationships you have with people at work and usually in a negative way. Confidence is a very attractive attribute to have and so if you don’t have it others seem to pick up on…
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Everytime I watch a break-up scene there is always the same line “Can we still be friends?”. No matter what side you take on this matter you always have to admit weather you have been through it or not that…
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Let’s begin by exploring the following reality: The friendliness we demonstrate to other people can be their only positive experience all day. Case in point: Lynn Smith-Lovin, a Duke university sociologist conducted a study of 1,467 adults claiming that one…
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Most of the time friends are the glue that hold our lives together. Then there are the times when your glue seems to be water soluble. We’ve all experienced this in one way or another. Maybe you are at an…
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I was raised to be a “please and thank you” girl. My mother taught manners at an early age and those lessons sprouted into the tree of etiquette I live under today. OK…I’m exaggerating just a bit, but I did…
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     At first I wasn’t sure which side of this debate I would choose, as some people can remain friends with their ex-girlfriends (or ex-boyfriends) without causing problems in their lives or new relationships. Then I thought of my husband’s…
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How many times have you arrived at your workplace and there’s an underlying feeling of depression, weighing you down, leaving you to feel defeated before your workday has even begun? It’s as though you’re blanketed in despair so deep, you…
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This is one of the most complex questions this generation offers as far as sex and relationships is concerned. But without much ado, the answer is a definite NO! But nothing could be more difficult than a simple ‘no’ which…
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I believe that trying to be friends with an ex-lover is an incredibly difficult prospect. There are way too many variables to consider. Firstly and for-most this person is an ex, and why are they an ex, because something in…
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As a Marine Corps veteran and living in the working world for 26 years I can definitely tell you how to have a positive impact on the people in your life.  Your coworkers are no exception.  After reading this article you…
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One of the things that sucks about the new trend of people keeping their jobs but working from home, or that decide to quit their jobs and work from home is that it affects the friendships that were forged when…
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It is true that formal socializing is one of the most unnatural experiences you can have. You are handed a glass of wine and pushed out into a room full of people that you’ve never met and be expected to…
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It can be hard to handle gossip in the workplace, even if you are a conscientious worker who just wants to keep their head down and get on with the job. Being in an environment where your peers expect you to…
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I have mixed feelings about high school reunions. While I agree that it can be enjoyable to see and interact with old friends, I have no use for much of the “pageantry” and ego games that can stem from these…
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Building positive relationships between employees is one of the crucial elements for workplace success. No matter what the work environment there will always be people to deal with in the workplace. One of the common struggles in most workplaces is…
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In a world where people can get murdered for objecting to their cars being vandalized in their own front drives, how you handle a nosy neighbor these days, sadly has to be carefully. People can be notoriously touchy about what…
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It was the Twilight Zone to be quite honest with you. My 10 year reunion in 2000 was gearing up to be this huge event, and everyone from my class all of a sudden was chattering up a storm about…
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One of the things that a lot of people find as they get older is they regret allowing some of their friendships from bygone days to dissipate and eventually disappear. Or maybe there was a friendship that ended due to…
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A day looms over us all. A particular day that is inevitable, and awaits our awakening to ourselves. This day varies from person to person, but, at some point in every human being’s life, we must face the sad truth…
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Over the years we humans collect a lot of things. Furniture, photographs, funny papers. And old friends. Sadly, it is not always so easy to hang on to those old friends, unless we are prepared to make a deliberate effort….
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This summer many people will be attending their high school reunions, some are dreading it, but I am all for it. I am excited to be attending my 25th high school reunion from Athens High class of 1984. Here are…
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At different points in life, it may seem that friends have drifted away. Maybe the person who was always “on call” about every new detail of life is no longer a person who seems to care. Perhaps the old gang…
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I fell that friendship is for a lifetime! Sure, we all went to high school. the 400-something classmates I had, most of them did not matter to me that much. I had Angie and Amanda, the only tow that really…
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Do you feel fearful at the simple thought of meeting new people?  Does the idea of giving a speech give you such a worry that it causes an actual physical reaction?  Do you just “know” that people will reject you…
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