Welcome to another friendship roundup!
If you like friendship topics, you’ll enjoy my podcast, Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship, which you can find anywhere you listen to podcasts.
The latest episode of Dear Nina was about:
- Text Your Friends Back and Other Tips on Maintaining Friendships (with Laura Tremaine)
- It’s Never Too Late to Make New Close Friends (with Megan Tamte)
Friendship Articles and More
I love doing these friendship roundups! I see so many friendship-related things, either because I find them myself or people send them to me. I’m going to keep sharing them on my site twice a month.
- “America Is in Its Insecure-Attachment Era” Discomfort with intimacy seems to be on the rise—and no one’s quite sure why. by Faith Hill in The Atlantic
- Surgeon General Vivek Murthy wrote an essay for the NYT titled, “We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It’s Time to Fix That.”
- I love any time Esther Perel writes about friendship.
- “In Praise of the Low-key Hang” by Jo Piazza on Substack.
Social media has tricked us into thinking that a hang out needs to be super labor intensive involving elaborate cheese boards and butter boards and artisanal cocktails of both the alcoholic and nonalcoholic variety. But that isn’t true. (To read the rest of Jo’s piece, including all of her ideas for low-key hangouts, click here.)
Latest Anonymous Friendship Question
The most recent question is about letting a 20-year friendship fade away when it’s clear the other person isn’t interested in keeping in touch, visiting, or traveling together. But I also advise: “Do not burn it down.”
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Latest posts by Nina Badzin (see all)
- Dear Nina in The Guardian - May 1, 2024
- Overtalking, Undertalking, and Lessons for Friendships in the Art of Storytelling - April 30, 2024
- Dear Nina in The Wall Street Journal - April 27, 2024
- 5 Friendship Issues to Consider Addressing with a Therapist - April 17, 2024
