Larissa has been feeling the strain in her friendships since having her son. What seemed like small changes soon led her to a ...

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My friend disappeared. I found out why years later when talking to another friend. He gave me a kind and brutal honesty, “I think you freaked him out, Jen.” During a time when my mind had caused me ...

When my best friend of over a decade ended our friendship, she wouldn't tell me why. I was devastated, and it shook my confidence when it came to friendship. I sought professional help to recover from ...

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. The AI-powered Friend ...

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Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

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At what point is stepping back self-protection rather than abandonment? By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and teaches ...