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Friendship Health

‘My Long-Distance Bestie Is Hard To Talk to Because of His Chronic Illness’

Your friend isn’t in control of his illnesses and shouldn’t have to hold back his anxieties to make other people feel better.

Summer Tao October 21, 2025 4 Comments
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AF+ Friendship

OK, What If I Don’t Want To Attend My Friend’s Improv Show

Someone must really hate improv — or their friend!!! Someone else is low-key dying that their friend isn’t returning borrowed books on time. And someone else is sweating their ass off on T and needs help.

the team October 10, 2025 5 Comments
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Friendship

‘I’m in Someone’s Close Friends List and Don’t Like It’

“I also am usually scrolling ig on public transportation and it’s just shocking to suddenly see a butt close up.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 23, 2025 2 Comments
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Friendship

In Defense of the Queer ‘Emotional Support Ex’

Engaging with the world as a queer person means many of the roadmaps we learn at a young age in a heteronormative society are useless.

AJ August 26, 2025 4 Comments
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First Person Friendship

How We Cultivate Intimacy in Our Aroace Friend Group

What would be the shape of our lives if we prioritised each other?

Priyanka July 29, 2025 7 Comments
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Friendship

What’s a Normal Human Behavior That Gives You the Ick?

Listen, did we have a little TOO MUCH FUN ranting about our various icks? Maybe so. And now you can have some fun with us, too, delving into the various things that give us pause, squick us out, and just straight up annoy or piss us off.

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya and the team
June 28, 2025 12 Comments
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AF+ Friendship

I Actually Don’t Need to Hear About Your Trans Allyship!

Your friends are on your side and they can’t wait to tell you about it! Also, we help a trans reader who’s nervous about international travel.

the team June 13, 2025
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AF+ Friendship

My Queer Friends Are Mean About How Skinny I Am

Is it ever ok to comment on another person’s body? Also, we help a reader with a loud late-night roommate.

the team June 6, 2025
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Friendship

There’s Nothing Wrong With Being a Third Wheel

You can blame it on avoidant attachment or being a Sagittarius, but exclusion can be incredible.

Hope Cassandra May 12, 2025 6 Comments
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Friendship

Love Is the Last Rainbow Cookie

Whenever my best friend comes to visit, she brings me a container of rainbow cookies.

Sa'iyda Shabazz April 30, 2025 2 Comments
"A few years ago, when I met the person who is now my best friend, I definitely had a big crush."
Friendship

‘Is It Okay if I Stay in Love With My Best Friend?’

“We’re not going to get together for a lot of reasons — I don’t really have time for a new partner, they’re monogamous and I am not, and they’re just not into me in the same way that I’m into them.”

Summer Tao January 7, 2025 1 Comment
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Friendship

My Girlfriend and I Did a Boudoir Shoot With Our Gay Bestie and It Was Great for Self-Esteem

There was also something to be said for the beauty of women bonding platonically over sexuality.

Summer Tao November 4, 2024 3 Comments
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Friendship

The Ultimate Guide to Having a Lesbian Crush on Your Friend

Find answers to questions like “should I tell her?” and “what do I do if she’s unavailable?”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya October 15, 2024 2 Comments
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Friendship

‘My Gay Guy Friend Is Rude and Blames It on Gay vs. Lesbian Culture’

“I’ve started hanging out with him less because he’s just annoying at times.”

Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya September 10, 2024 2 Comments
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Friendship

‘I Resent My Best Friend for Moving Away and Having Kids’

“A few years back, my best friend got married, moved to the suburbs, and had kids.”

Sa'iyda Shabazz July 2, 2024 4 Comments
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Friendship

Do I Have To Tell My Friend I Have a Crush On Her?

“She’s basically my dream girl. We’ve hit it off fast over the past few months, and she’s one of my closest friends here at this point, and I am so incredibly calm around her.”

Riese June 11, 2024
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AF+ Friendship

How Do I Re-Friend-Zone My Friend After the Worst Sex of My Life?

Advice on how to stay friends when the friend you hooked up with wants more, flagging with carabiners, and whether it’s okay if your wife is your only IRL friend.

the team April 19, 2024 1 Comment
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Help! My Friends Won’t Shut Up

Plus advice about leaving a controlling partner and getting second dates.

the team March 15, 2024 2 Comments
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I Unicorned for a Couple at a Quirky Rural Swingers Club

I wasn’t going to turn down the chance to explore a massive swinger lodge that’s been in operation since the 1970’s.

Nico February 11, 2024 7 Comments
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Friendship

You Need Help: I’m Too ‘Old’ for This New Generation of Queers

I’m so sorry the people you’re around have made you feel unwelcome because you don’t follow their narrow definition of what being a queer woman looks like.

Sa'iyda Shabazz January 30, 2024 15 Comments
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