He’s been made huge strides in improving his life, but his friends are pissed at him. Does getting better at dating mean losing his friends in the process?
friendship
How Do I Tell Someone I Don’t Want To Be Friends?
Hi Doc- This isn’t concerning dating, but I think you could offer some perspective. I (a man) have an acquaintance who is pushing pretty hard to become more than that, let’s call him Jerry, who I know because we attend the same religious service. Our relationship there hasn’t been deep – say hi, what’s new,…
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Can This Broken Friendship Still Be Fixed?
Hello Doc, Longtime reader here, first time writer and not a native English speaker so please excuse any mistakes. You sometimes tackle the topic of friendships instead of romantic love so I wanted to get an outsider’s perspective on my situation. For context, I (29/f) attended private schools throughout my childhood thanks to different scholarship,…
Help, I’m Losing My Friends To Streaming
Hello Doc, I have had a few friends since high school. We remained friends even after we graduated, went to different colleges, lived over an hour apart, after I moved out of state, but now I’m back, and one of my friends moved less than 10 minutes from me for the first time. We’ve been…
What Do You Do When There’s ONE Person in your Friends Group You Can’t Stand?
Dear Dr. NerdLove, How do you handle a mutual acquaintance that is just too mutual? I met many friends through my local frisbee club two years ago. The club friendships blossomed into separate gatherings for parties, trivia, and movie watching. These are my main group of people who I love to hang out with……and Tiffany….
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These Are Things You Only Learn When Your Friend Dies
This was the exact sort of update I never wanted to write. Back in 2017, I wrote “What Nobody Tells You About Grieving“as a way of dealing with feelings of losing a beloved pet and all the things it brought out about losing my father and grandmother over the years. At the time, it felt…
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