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What if we’ve lost faith in friendship? #9
By Phil Ossefie TLDR: Let’s try finding fresh eyes. How we view friendship Like many things, our beliefs about what a friend should be and what friendship can completely determine how we feel about our own situation. Disproving that we’re being a “simp” doesn’t matter if we still feel terrible that our friend never reaches…
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How do we avoid being doormats? #8
By Todd Ler (with contributions from Phil Ossefie and Pierce Ng) TLDR: by thoughtfully reassessing their level of investment. Friendship Simp So much arguing to save one-sided friendships can seem like we support simping for our lousy friends: On the surface, it looks like there’s a distinct lack of self-respect, which was one of the…
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Should we save one-sided friendships? #7
By Todd Ler (with contributions from Phil Ossefie and Pierce Ng) TLDR: Yes because we have nothing to lose, unless we’re busy, then maybe later. Our main concern After we’ve ascertained that we’re indeed not the problem here because we’re trying, it’s going to be very tempting to conclude that they’re to blame. The next…
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Are we really friends? #6
By Pierce Ng (with contributions from Phil Ossefie and Todd Ler) TLDR: to see and understand us (enough) for what we are, again and again. Despite knowing how friendship works, we could still lack experience of real world variables that gives us better judgment of character and so on. Here, we can further work to…
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What are friends for? #5
By Pierce Ng (with contributions from Phil Ossefie and Todd Ler) TLDR: to see and understand us (enough) for what we are, again and again. Intro For normal people, this is a platitude, not a question. However, this is for everyone who doesn’t feel normal, “Really, what are friends for?” “What’s the point of having…
Category: Relationships
Love, friendships, family