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Friends Friendship 101

Friendology: Not A Course, Although That Could Have Been Helpful

Let’s play a short game of Jeopardy! for a moment. The category you’ve selected is Science, and the answer is: According to a recent study, its common themes are: pleasure, reciprocity, commitment, voluntary, and mutual respect Sounds very relationship oriented, doesn’t it? And, since you are reading this under the banner of Project BFF, you […]

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Self-improvement

You Change Your Friends, Your Friends Change You

Your friends can change and influence your life in many different ways, sometimes wonderful, sometimes… maybe not so much. But either way, as we spend time with friends, we begin to adopt their behaviors, turns of phrase, and they adopt ours. So, we’ve compiled a list of ways you influence your friends and how, in […]

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Movies Popular culture

Female Friendships in Clueless

While the classic movie, Clueless, may come off as a romantic comedy centered around spoiled Beverly Hills teens, the movie’s feminist undertones and focus on female friendship have become increasingly clearer over the years. The movie’s main character, Cher Horowitz, is introduced to us as a ditzy rich girl who’s life seems like a “Noxema commercial”. But, […]

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Friendship 101 Holidays

Supporting Friends Over the Holidays

Supporting your friends this season is probably – no, definitely – the most important gift you can give them for the holidays. So we’ve come up with four ways to make this season special for your chosen family. 1. Friendsgiving Creating your own holiday traditions with friends is a fun way to include everyone in […]

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Friendship 101 Love

Using Love Language to Prioritize Friendships

How do we communicate our appreciation for the friends in our lives? As life gets busy and schedules no longer match up, we don’t always have the opportunity in person to show we care, but we have to find new ways to prioritize these relationships in times of stress. We’ve been thinking a lot recently […]