My close friend hates my boyfriend. Can this be reconciled? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 9, 2009 - 52 answers

Help me be a better friend, or help me choose not to. Tons of details follow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 7, 2009 - 17 answers

How do I rectify this friendship and change? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 6, 2009 - 16 answers

How do I salvage a friendship in an awkward situation? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 5, 2009 - 15 answers

Should I continue to sleep with my best friend's sister? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 5, 2009 - 59 answers

My kid spent the night with his friend. The next day, thinking he's still at the friend's house, I get a phone call from the local grocery store. Seems my kid was shoplifting. Now, both of the mom's involved are angry with each other. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 19, 2009 - 39 answers

How do I properly initiate contact with a person who dumped me because he thought I may not sexually accept the way he is? How can I let him know that I'm the same way too? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 14, 2009 - 13 answers

Help me comfort a friend whose partner was just arrested for the local equivalent of grand theft. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 7, 2009 - 25 answers

I am in what is, for all intents and purposes, a great relationship. But there is one recurring issue which to me is a big deal, and I’m out of ideas of how to deal. This is going to be a bit long… [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 15, 2009 - 32 answers

How do you extricate yourself from a family-oriented friendship? Very long and pathetic story to follow. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 4, 2009 - 28 answers

Help me navigate the perils of being a friend to people in an open relationship. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 25, 2009 - 20 answers

Telling a male friend of mine, who's all sorts of awesome, that I like him and would be very interested in dating him for the forseeable future. Catch? Girlfriend. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 16, 2009 - 66 answers

Where to meet and make friends with real men? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 7, 2009 - 25 answers

Do I Tell Her? I have a friend that I no longer enjoy hanging out with. She wants to know why I haven't been in touch. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jun 30, 2009 - 47 answers

I have a delicate matter on my hands regarding a lady friend. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 28, 2009 - 16 answers

What to do about an estranged friend who is sending mixed signals? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 23, 2009 - 36 answers

How do you tell a friend that their dreams aren't realistic? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 22, 2009 - 54 answers

After deciding not to apply for a position with a competing company (that they had sought me for), I suggested to a friend that she should apply. At the last minute I had second thoughts and applied. My friend was not chosen but I am on my second and final interview. Provided I am offered this job, how do I save this friendship? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 9, 2009 - 17 answers

We were friends-more than friends-back to friends (his call, not mine). Externally I have handled it well, I think. Internally, I am splitting - either limerant or indifferent. Oh, his mom has cancer too... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Mar 4, 2009 - 11 answers

I'm falling for a friend who is much more compatible with me than my SO of five years. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 17, 2009 - 38 answers

I fell in love with my best friend; love was unrequited; decided to cut contact with her to try and get over her (hasn't worked); now I want to have her back but only if she wants to date; how do I do this without being a jerk? LONG explanation ahead... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Dec 2, 2008 - 37 answers

How do I escape from my friend's Web design project from hell? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 24, 2008 - 34 answers

Help me break up with a friend in the least messy / most responsible way possible. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 3, 2008 - 22 answers

I found out why a friend cut off contact with me. More details below. Can this friendship be saved? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 24, 2008 - 29 answers

I saw something I wasn't supposed to see and now I'm not sure how to deal. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 25, 2008 - 39 answers

What is the best way to have people I know change the way they pronounce my name? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 21, 2008 - 32 answers

How to assist a friend in need? A very smart, kind-hearted person whose life has deteriorated due to alcohol, and I think, depression. Living alone out in the countryside where there is no access to any type of mass transit, and just had their car re-possessed. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 27, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I tell my (girl) friend about my girlfriend? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Feb 8, 2008 - 19 answers

Want to be friends, but not be seen as too close at work. How do I tell her? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 25, 2008 - 11 answers

I'm worried that my male friend might be in some sort of abusive relationship. He's my best friend and seems to have been in a "spend all time with new GF and not call or visit friends" mode for 3 months, and we are all far past the teenage years. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 22, 2008 - 16 answers

My high school bully Facebook-friended me. Do I accept? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 1, 2008 - 65 answers

I really like this girl, but I'm not sure if she likes me. Should I play it cool or forge full speed ahead? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 29, 2007 - 45 answers

I believe my friend is gay and in denial. I'm openly gay. How can I keep his cognitive dissonance from causing him to drop me? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 6, 2007 - 42 answers

A longtime friend with whom I'd been in near-daily contact (via phone calls, emails, online chats - she's out of state) for ages now has suddenly become incredibly scarce. Nowadays we talk maybe once every week or so, and then only for an hour or so at most. I don't know what to do or say without being clingy, and given that she MAY also be clinically depressed, I'm afraid of saying anything that'll make things worse for her. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 20, 2007 - 15 answers

How do I tell my friend that I...adore her? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 14, 2007 - 23 answers

RelationshipFilter (sorry!): I've become entangled in a complex 'relationship', and I'm not sure what to do... [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 29, 2006 - 57 answers

Should I (male) stay friends with someone (female) who I love uncontrollably when there is no reciprocation? Messy story and a lot [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 15, 2006 - 42 answers

How can I be there for a long-distance friend who's going through a devastating breakup? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 12, 2005 - 14 answers

My best friend, who lives about 300 miles away from me, and I had made plans to get together for Christmas, along with our other best friend, for whom I paid 600 bucks to fly out here so we all could be together. Now 300-mile away best friend has e-mailed me with a weak excuse and cancelled his visit here. I know he's not adjusting well to his new home, and seems to be isolating himself from everyone, including me. I'm hurt and angry. How best to address this situation?
posted by anonymous on Dec 19, 2004 - 7 answers