Passive-aggressive behavior can make friendship confusing. One second, you’re clinking glasses of espresso martinis over gossip. The next, you’re exchanging clipped text messages and what you think ...

IS IT POSSIBLE to achieve the results you want by being passive aggressive? Furthermore, can engaging in such behaviour ever be considered a good thing? I typed those questions into Google recently ...

A dig from a colleague, a passive-aggressive snark from a family member, a “neg” from a so-called friend — you know it when you hear it. When someone has landed a veiled jibe, it can be hard not to ...

My friend and I were taking a taxi from Wexford to Rosslare when I got into one of those passive-aggressive phone conversations some of us indulge in with our significant others. I know many of you ...