Friend or Frenemy? A Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones You Don't

Name: Friend or Frenemy? A Guide to the Friends You Need and the Ones You Don't
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ISBN: 9780061562037

ISBN-10: 0061562033

ISBN-13: 9780061562037

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Authors: Andrea Lavinthal, Jessica Rozler

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How do you finally break free from a fair-weather bud who flees the scene as soon as a new guy comes around? How do you know which friends make it into your framily? With tips for making and breaking, maintaining and sustaining your friendships, plus stories from real women, Friend or Frenemy? explores how great friends get us through hard times and dishes out advice about dumping the users, losers, and abusers. In this era of instant communication, relationships are not necessarily easier. Friend or Frenemy? also looks at how texting, MySpacing, and other modes of instant communication are oh-so-convenient but sometimes make it harder to make meaningful connections. With tons of wit and…

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List price: $14.95
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/5/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



Introduction: You Get By with a Little Help from Your Friends



Friendly Conversation



The Friend Commandments



Through the Years: A Timeline of Semi-recent Triumphs and Tragedies in Girlfriend History



Textual Healing: The New Rules of Digital Engagement



Your Buddy List: The People in Your Social Stratosphere



We Are Framily: Your Closest Confidantes



The Daily Grind: Cubicle Comrades, Worker Bee-otches, and the Other People All Up in Your Office Space



Frenemies: The Users, Losers, and Abusers Who You Need to De-MySpace Right Now



Like Kissing Your Brother: Boy Friends



Because Like Paula Abdul Said, Opposites Attract: Your Unlikely Friendships



Outerspace: Lunch Dates, Drinking Buddies, and Various Other Acquaintances



That's What Friends Are (and Aren't) For



Balancing Friendship and Coupledom



Threesomes (And Get Your Head Out of the Gutter Because We're Not Talking Those Kinds of Threesomes): Navigating the Sometimes Murky Waters of a Friendship Trio



When the Friendship Sinks: Breaking Up, Making Up, and Moving On



Misery Loves Company: The Challenges of Making New Friends



Everything You Need to Know About Friendship You Learned in Kindergarten-Right?


In closing: Why Friends Are Just as Important as Boyfriends