• Lies We Tell Our Friends About The Guys Who Aren’t Into Them

    Lies We Tell Our Friends About The Guys Who Aren’t Into Them

    The phone rings, you see it’s your best friend calling. Expecting a hilarious story about the drunken memory you two had forgotten from the night before, you answer ecstatically. But instead she’s crying—blubbering, over her boyfriend and you realize where this conversation is going. We’ve all been there, on the crying end or the comforting end.

  • “HELP!” How to Be There for a Friend in Crisis

    “HELP!” How to Be There for a Friend in Crisis

    They’re crying. They’re scared. Something’s happened. They lit their dorm room on fire heating up a glue gun, their father’s had a heart attack, one of their roo mates is going psycho on them 24/7, or someone has passed on and the funeral’s tomorrow. Would you go? What do you do? What can you do? What should you do?

  • Dealing with a Friend in an Unhealthy Relationship

    Dealing with a Friend in an Unhealthy Relationship

    One of the hardest parts of being a friend to someone is actually being a friend to someone. It’s not like when we were little we were taught how to be a friend outside the realms of “sharing is caring.” There are certain sticky situations, like dealing with a friend in a bad or abusive relationship, where no how-to guide can instruct us how to be a true friend.