Relationships
"Let Me Know If You Need Anything" Rarely Helps. Try This.
"Let me know if you need anything" is kind, and it hands a grieving friend a task. What research on support suggests saying and doing instead.
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Relationships
Why Adult Friendship Needs a Calendar, Not More Good Intentions
Adult friendships fade when contact stops, however fond the feelings. Why one boring standing plan a month beats waiting for spontaneity.
Relationships
The Text to an Old Friend You Keep Rewriting: Send a Bad One
Most people have an old friend they mean to text and don't. What studies of reaching out found, and why a short, slightly dumb message works.