Fighting with Friends
Advice On Women's Friendships:Tips For When and How To Make up and Break up.
Advice Seeker: Dear April,
I have a friend that I keep fighting with and then making up with. It's getting exhausting. Should I keep her or drop her? Apologize? Make up? I'm spinning here.
Signed,
Friend or Foe?
April Masini's advice:
Dear Friend or Foe:
Fighting is important in any relationship, but when two female friends have a blow out, mending the fence can be difficult. Here are step by step directions on how to do it:
MAKE UP
If you want to make up with a friend, it's sometimes hard to take the first step. Here are some tips on doing just that:
1. Call and say: Look, I'm sorry. Can we meet and talk? Chances are your friend is having the same thoughts you are, and hasn't been able to jump the hurdle and make the call that you did. Chances are you'll meet with a warm reception. And if you don't, at least you know where you stand.
2. E-mail and write: Still mad? Too mad to try and talk things over? The beauty of e-mail is that you don't run the risk of actually getting your friend on the telephone. Your friend can open the e-mail if and when he or she wants, and can respond after thinking it over.
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