Welcome to Asking for a Friend, an advice column that helps you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, PhD, will answer ...

This friend was like a sister to me, and I was crushed with her ghosting and punishment of me and my family who also loved ...

We all know the familiar—and at this point, overdone—romance trope of friends to lovers. It’s easy enough to be so comfortable with someone that you don’t realize you’re catching feelings. But what ...