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At my 21st birthday, my guests gushed that I was ‘the best friend ... someone else, that I’d not been invited to her hen do. I admit I was hurt – mostly that she hadn’t felt able to tell ...

People used to put photos in their albums at home, but now they are posted indiscriminately, and it really bothers me. If I want my photo on social media, I’ll post it. Not someone else.

The next day, he dumped me for someone else. I didn ... of needs. I was my husband’s roommate, financial partner, intimate partner, co-parent, and best friend. And I was supposed to be ...

If I could bottle up and sell the ecstatic mood that a few hours with my friends leaves me in, I’d be a billionaire ... with no map and see where the day leads. The best journeys are usually ...

I was struggling when I moved — new job, new place, grieving my partner — and I got overwhelmed,” the former friend wrote in ...

“I’m going to go where I really feel like I can be developed (with) a team that really fits me. I’m not going to go to Alabama just because I’m 45 minutes away if it’s not the best spot ...

Maybe it was a gift from someone else. Maybe I was being ... This was the same friend who'd told me she couldn't afford groceries two weeks earlier! I felt very betrayed. This is what she used my hard ...

I am blessed with the friends I have.” Karan said that he doesn’t like to share his regular thoughts with others. “I don’t want to burden someone else with ... a party and leave in five minutes. I can ...

Let You Go is a tongue-in-cheek song about a girl I went out with who took advantage of my generosity and left me for someone else ... This was inspired by a friend of mine who’s going through ...

When my best friend offered me $10,000, it highlighted my insecurity around money. It wounded my pride and almost cost us our ...