Los Angeles Times

Flaked on too many times? How to deal with friends who keep canceling last minute

Keeping plans with a friend when you’re emotionally spent may seem impossible, but flaking can harm the friendship. In a time when loneliness is increasing, wondering how often you can cancel on a ...

Asking Eric: How to support friends with cancer diagnoses

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas shares a reader's advice about how to support those who have been diagnosed ...

Best of Asking Eric: How can I tell a friend who embarrasses me that a trip together isn’t in the cards?

DEAR TRAVELER: One of the most empowering lessons of my 30s was that some friends are simply “at-home” friends. An at-home friend’s sleep schedule or capacity for random adventure or Duolingo level ...
The Atlantic

When Your Kid’s Best Friend Is a Great Big Problem

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. When I was 10, my best friend taught me how to make a flamethrower. We duct-taped a can of WD-40 to one end of a two-by-four, melted a candle onto the other, and ...