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When mean girls grow old

When mean girls grow old

It sounded like a scene from ‘Mean Girls’, the movie! Was my mum’s retirement home full of superannuated Queen Bees and Wannabes, the kind of girls who ruled (and ruined) my life in senior school?
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Babies, vasectomies, divorce, cancer: What are you talking about?

Babies, vasectomies, divorce, cancer: What are you talking about?

At a picnic for a one year olds’ birthday recently, a fellow party guest excitedly confessed he was about to get the snip. He was thrilled and told me it was high time as his third daughter had definitely been a surprise, and he certainly wasn’t risking fatherhood a fourth time around. I had met […]
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Tips for dealing with mean women

Why women are so nasty and how to deal with it

Our mothers taught us that if we can’t say something nice, then don’t say anything at all. So why can women be so nasty to each other? Nasty comments are often made in a subtle way. We have all been given the mean-spirited, back-handed compliment along the lines of, ‘Oh, you are so adventurous wearing […]
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Dealing with difficult friends

Dealing with difficult friends

Do you have a friend or relative who constantly offers ‘helpful’ criticism and invades your emotional or physical space? Pamela Allardice shows you how to set boundaries. 1. Focus on you By interfering and interrupting, a boundary-pusher is keeping all the attention trained on them. When it seems your needs are less important than the […]
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