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What should you do when you’re being excluded by friends? UPDATE (2019): FIND NINA AND HER COLUMN AT HER NEW FRIENDSHIP ADVICE SITE Our advice columnist Nina Badzin is back with a dilemma from a woman who moved to her husband’s hometown and inherited his less-than-friendly group of friends. She likes some of them, […]
Today’s guest post is from Meagan Schultz, who writes about the times when pain cannot be shared, even during the closest friendship. By Meagan Schultz I never would have thought there were things I would not share with my best friend. I would have called bullshit if you’d tried to tell me that in […]
Parenting a special needs child can be challenging, with its own joys and triumphs. It can also be lonely. Unfortunately, parents of special needs children often find that their own friends, colleagues, and acquaintances can lack empathy or basic kindness in all sorts of situations. In this guest post, Alexis Calabrese writes about how she […]
By Lizbeth Meredith “Don’t ever do this again, Mom,” came the angry text from my youngest daughter. “It’s so inappropriate. . . I don’t need your help.” Home for a college break, she was texting from her post at a coffee shop, waiting for the blind date I’d set her up with. And […]
Nina is back with a dilemma about whether to hire a close friend and what to do if you’ve already hired a friend and the situation isn’t working well. Can the friendship be saved? Would you hire your close friend as a realtor, lawyer, financial planner, and so on? Nina is always accepting anonymous questions here. Dear […]
By Heather Jones “Why do you need a laptop?” asked my husband. “Because I write a lot,” I answered. It was true. I do write a lot, and the days of quills and carrier pigeons are over. I do need a device with which to write and email. “Yes, but what’s wrong with the tablet […]
