Hitting your 50s can change the way friendships look and feel. Some friends drift away, while others just don’t fit your life anymore. This shift can be confusing at first. It also opens the door to ...

Tension: The promise of a serene retirement collides with relationships that drain time, energy, or joy—yet loyalty and nostalgia make pruning feel disloyal. Noise: Cultural mantras about “lifelong ...

Dear Annie: Where do I even start? My senior friend has been draining me emotionally for the past 15 years. We were neighbors and acquaintances, but we never went anywhere or did anything together.

Dear Annie: I am writing about a friendship that has left me hurt and confused. My husband and I have known this couple for many years. He has been our friend for decades, and when he remarried, we ...

Letting go is one of life’s hardest practices—but also one of the most healing. When I first began writing my new book, Notes on Letting Go, I thought I understood what it meant to release old stories ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. I thought leaving Chiang Mai for Singapore would be a ...

Whether it’s old heartbreaks, unresolved conflicts, or painful memories, emotional baggage follows us into every new relationship. It’s the invisible weight we carry, often without realizing it, that ...

Andrés Muedano ’27, a Crimson Editorial editor, is a Philosophy concentrator in Adams House. He can be reached at [email protected]. Editor’s Note: This is an installment of the Amateur Ethicist, a ...