Having older friends gives you privileged access to hard-earned life lessons and wisdom.
Radical honesty ain’t for everybody or every relationship; even though it should be.
Be careful not to spend all of your time with your new boyfriend, leaving your friend in the dust. Or, on the flip side, if you’re the single friend, try to have a balanced outlook: is your bestie really neglecting you or are you perhaps a bit codependent on her, and can’t handle her having another significant relationship in her life?
You can move on from anger and also move on from a person after betrayal.
Out of an episode that tackled such major issues and things as homophobia in social activism, the Black Lives Matter movement and bigotry in the workplace, I was surprised to find that my biggest takeaway from last night’s “Feeling Friendless” episode of Being Mary Jane was that I never truly realized how unhealthy MJ’s relationships with other […]
My husband and I were dating for over a year when I first met his ex-girlfriend. We attended rival colleges so when our schools played their annual football game, our respective black alumni associations hosted a watch party. Because my husband’s old flame attended the same college as he did, she was there as well. This […]
I lost a good friend more than a year ago. Don’t worry; he’s still alive. We’re just no longer friends. This person was more like a brother to me and we had known each other for over 10 years. And although he ruined his romantic relationship with a close friend of mine in the most unpleasant […]
You can, and should, enjoy your new endeavors as a wife while keeping the friends that you had before the marriage.
Do you have any of these types in your circle?