friendship
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How To End A Friendship (And How To Start One) With Dr. Miriam Kirmayer
We’re tackling tough friendship scenarios this week on The Upgrade with psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, who explains why it’s so hard to navigate the norms of friendship and how to peacefully end those connections that are no longer working. Beyond researching the science of friendship for almost a decade, Dr. Kirmayer also writes a column for…
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Find Local Mum Friends With The Peanut App
Users sarcastically refer to it as “Tinder for mums,” but it really kind of is. The Peanut app, which launched in 2017, is making it easier for mums to make friends and plan meet-ups in their area.
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How To Use Social Engineering, But Not In An Evil Way
If you want to win friends and influence people, well, there’s a whole book on how to do that. But how do you do social engineering the right way — to make life better for everyone, not just to manipulate people into doing what you want?
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How To Keep Your Parent Friends When The Kids Grow Apart
Your kid makes a friend. You meet the friend’s parent. You like that parent, a lot. You start scheduling playdates, mostly for the kids but also for you. Then your partners meet and they like each other, which means now you can all spend your weekends together at backyard barbecues and campsites and waterparks, and…