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male and female friendships 
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Adult Stepdaughter tried to hit me 
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Uneasy 
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my best worst friend 
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Step-daughter renting my parents home 
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Adult Step Daughter tried to cause problems between her father and I 
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Unbearable in-law 
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Passive Agressive Friend 
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Unhealthy Friendship? 
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Am i Normal? 
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old friend 
WHY IS IT that if I am 37 years old, am starting a new relationship after years of horrible ones, my friends are all very mad at me for moving?

One-sided friendship 
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obsessed 
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what is it when friends put conditions on you to hang out 
well I had a friend recently she and I are not speaking anymore because of misunderstanding there are issues that are not resolved so we are not speaking …

20 years of negativity 
My friend of 20 years I have finally realized needs mental help. She wants to live in my life and is so smothering, i cannot stand it. It has only come …

I must be a slow learner 
My "friend" who I will call Kim acts as if she wants to be my friend but in the end she has time for everyone/thing but me. We will make tentative plans …

Adult Friend Intentionally Not Inviting Me 
Hi..I have a friend who intentionally does not invite me/my family out on weekends but always invites our other good friends. Should I confront or just …

Always finding fault in me 
I have been friends with someone who I care about very much. At first the friendship was real good and now I rarely hear from them. It's obvious that they …

New daughter in law's undesirable friend 
My Son, who is newly married does not approve of his new wife's girlfriend who just got out of jail for public intoxication. She had this girlfriend stay …

Unhealthy friendships can be very messy... 
Dear everyone/anyone, I am writing for a few reasons but, mainly, because I just don't know what to do. Here's my situation...I began working at …

Unhealthy Friendships - always cancels 
I have a friend that is always making plans with me, but then later cancels, doesn't call to tell me or just doesn't show up. We were close friends for …

40 year Friendship Over 
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Negative outweighs the positive 
I have been friends with someone for a very long time. The negative aspects of the friendship are just outweighing the positive at this point. I keep …

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controlling relationship 
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