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College Life: boys, boys, boys
The trouble with boys… … is that they’re not much fun if they’re smarter than you. And college is positively chock-a-block full of smart alecs who really do believe what their Mum’s told them about the world being their oyster. In any case, there’s a pretty good chance that college will be your first experience of getting... »
College Life: New friends, new rules
What are friends for... ...if not to make your college life one big, exciting joyride, right? Especially if your friendship dates back to your pre-Barbie doll youth! But here we must warn you to brace yourself for disappointment. Friends at school rarely remain friends in college, and it is perfectly natural for both... »
When everyone hates the new you
You’ve gone to great pains to make improvements in your life, and are now more confident, more beautiful and more focused than ever before. So why does everyone hate you? You’d think they’d be happy for you. You lost ten pounds, ditched the guy that bullied you in front of his friends, moved out... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your values?
That people change so much through the course of their lives is just one reason why friendships are put to the test so often. Our friends discover new interests that are different from ours, and soon, we have trouble relating to each other. What usually happens is that they will encourage us to... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your sanity?
Sometimes — not often, but sometimes — you are faced with choosing to keep or lose a friend through no fault of anyone but yours: you made a bad friend. A perpetual whinger, perhaps. Or a high-street drama queen. Or, like Peggy, an insufferable storyteller. “Looking back now, I don’t know why I... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your boyfriend?
When Jamie (not the one who works here at Chicktimes.com!) was sixteen, she was the only one without a boyfriend in her clique. Whenever they group-dated, she was always the odd one out. So when her friends suggested that they try to hook her up with someone, she readily... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your financial security?
It is sad that our attitudes to moolah should change so much between childhood and adulthood. For some of us, the few things that money cannot buy aren’t worth having anyway. At least Jessie thinks so, and when she had had enough of a couple of her friends freeloading off her,... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your family?
When we were young and our parents frowned upon our choice of friends, our first reaction was to jump to her or his defence. But then, we age. And the older we get the more prone we are to indifferent shrugs that are supposed to say, “Well Mom, I’m old... »
YOU CHOOSE: Your friends… or your career?
Leaving school is ground zero for all of us. We all get the same starting point in life, and from then on, what we make of ourselves pretty much depends on us. And like everyone else, we think our friendships with our schoolmates will last forever. That’s what Cathy believed a year ago. She... »
How do you go from friends to colleagues?
You’ve been friends since childhood. You love each other’s company, and think that maybe working together is a great career move for both of you. Think again. Friends that work together don’t always stay together. On any given Monday, Sally is possibly the bitchiest marketing executive around, so says Kavitha, her friend of five years.... »