Everyone wants to be accepted. But sometimes its hard to tell if a friend truly has your best interests at heart. Here's a helpful guide to the ways people bully and control others. Not every ...

I have a longtime friend whom I met in my 20s when we worked together. For the last 20 or more years, we’ve gone to shows ...

Some people have a tendency to want to control the people around them. If a friend was being really bossy, would you still want to be friends with them? This woman has a best friend who showed her ...

When my best friend gave me the key to his apartment, I was elated. He made me feel special by giving me free rein to access his home whenever I wanted. He gave me the key because he often locked ...

I have three sisters and we are all close. We've never had problems with each other's friends. My younger sister, who is 25, has a possessive, controlling friend who is also her business partner.

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Dear Eric: Friends of ours, who live on the other side of the country, have a daughter who is a senior in college in the same town we live in. It’s not uncommon for the daughter to spend holidays like ...

DEAR ERIC: One of my best friends is a woman I introduced to my boyfriend’s brother. They married last October after knowing each other for about six months. My friend often confides in me about ...

My best friend, “Claire,” has been dating her boyfriend, “Jay,” for three years. I really liked him when they first started dating, but lately, she’s been confiding in me about some things that are ...