Getting Along
How to Officially Say Goodbye to This Garbage Year
A ritual can be a good way to process ambiguous grief, so you can move forward feeling a bit lighter.
‘When Can I Ask the Person I'm Dating to Delete Tinder?’
It's normal to be nervous about defining a relationship... but feeling genuine anguish about the conversation could be a bad sign.
How to Make Small Talk After We've Been Through... a Pandemic
Do we try to keep it posi vibes, or commiserate about the one thing we definitely all have in common?
What to Do When Your Parent Is Enabling Your Sibling's Addiction
If every conversation with your folks devolves into a tearful screaming match, it's time to set some boundaries and get a little space.
How to Be Gracious About a Truly Horrible Gift
Saying something is usually not the move. Getting rid of it is fine. Re-gifting is a dangerous game.
How to Deal With the ‘Ally’ in Your Friend Group Who's Actually a Huge Jerk
If you're tired of references to "crazy” exes or the way they perform self-awareness but never change, go ahead and challenge their version of events.
What to Do if You Think Your Cousins Might Give Grandma COVID This Holiday
Come up with some fun alternative plans, and know that drilling your relatives with objectively true facts might not be the most effective route here.
How to Tell Your Family You're Not Coming Home for the Holidays
It might be tempting to put this decision off until the last minute, but there are lots of good reasons not to go, and you shouldn't feel guilty.
Go Ahead and Break Up With a Friend During the Pandemic
The events of this year have made it hard to ignore massive differences in core values.
If You Miss Your Casual Friendships, Consider Starting a House Party Slack
When we shrink our lives down to bubbles and pods, we lose access to the low-stakes connections that are good for our well-being. Here's how to fix that.
How to Talk to a Friend Who 'Doesn't See the Point' in Voting This Year
It feels like apathy and despair about democracy are at an all-time high right now, but this is the exact moment when it's most important not to give up.
How to Talk to a Friend Whose Posts Have You Worried
It can be hard to know the best response when jokes and cries for help sound so similar.