I’ve been watching a lot of Rizzoli & Isles this week and observing the friendship between Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles. Not only do they have a professional and mutual respectful friendship, but they are a reminder that friendship is an agreement and it’s important to keep up your end of the bargain. A few months ago I wrote about making friends as an adult, and while I’m still working on making my brunch squad, the friendships I make and already have are being evaluated to

We all have that one friend, the friend who is just a little bit more than a casual hangout 90% of the time. It doesn’t what you’re doing, they go that extra mile to make sure it’s more complicated/fancy/special than it was. I am that friend. I am 100% the high maintenance friend. When you’re the high maintenance friend, it’s not about causing inconvenience. You just expect a certain standard of things. And here they are. The Ins and Outs of Being a High Maintenance Friend: A

You know from my last post that I have moved quite a bit in my life. And because of that I’ve never really had a best friend. Until now. I’ve always thought of best friends as something of a luxury. I never had one, but I always saw them on television shows. They were the people you told your secrets and worries to. They were the people who if someone asked you, “Who is your best friend?” you automatically said their name. They were the people that, in your weakest moment, th

Okay, so I’m sure almost everyone in the world has a frenemy. If you don’t now what a frenemy is, let me educate you. Frenemy noun Someone with whom you get along with 50% of the time and hate 50% of the time. You also can’t stand this person but also love to be around them. Someone with whom your feelings go up and down with. You have now been educated. Anyway, frenemies are something that, unfortunatley, are a huge part of life. For a lot of people, you will have plenty of