A little friendly competition never hurt nobody. Ideally, you’d want your friends to motivate you, and for some people that works best by turning it into a competition. But that competition will turn into something really annoying when your friends are more about trying to one-up you than to motivate you.
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Measure of Friendship
I’ve had some shakeups in my “inner circle”, as I like to call it, over the past year. It got me thinking that as we move closer to 30, we start to notice shifts in the people we call our friends. Which is normal, I suppose. Relationships evolve. So what defines a good friend? What is a true measure of friendship?
Best Friend Dilemma
She’s happy, but not *happy*. We all see how she is around her alleged best friend. She never seems more like herself, more confident, more loved, more beautiful than when she’s around him. If only he could get his shit together. If only they had similar aspirations in life in terms of career, family, you know, the essentials. They could be the ultimate #goals. The couple we all aspire to be.
Step into 2018 like…
The last couple of months have been…eventful. I don’t know about you guys, but I got some things to sort out, and since the new year is coming up, what better time to start than right now? Here are all the things we’re leaving in 2017 so we can step into 2018 carefree and fabulous.
The Characters in Every Friend Group
Friend groups are diverse. They kinda have to be to keep it all balanced. There are a few characters that most groups have in some form or another, though.
Warning: Your BFF might be a leech
A while ago we talked about how breaking up with your bestie can hurt a hell of a lot more than a romantic breakup. But you know what? Sometimes a bestie breakup is for the best.
No Heartbreak Like Breaking Up With Your Bestie
Relationships end. That’s just the way things are. They work out until they don’t. For friendships, however, the case is very much different.
Friends with an Ex
So I know this topic has been discussed and hollowed out and everybody has an opinion on it. Still, I want to bring it up again because I’ve recently seen how trying to stay friends with an ex can backfire, and drag down your little group of friends right along with it.
Men and women can’t be friends
Somehow this topic comes back up every now and then. It’s really the age old question. Can men and women really be friends? Over the years I have developed my own theory.