A woman’s friends are controlling, even in the car, and she doesn’t know how to handle the situation gracefully. She’s prone to avoid confrontations. Hi Irene, I am a quiet person who doesn’t like ...

As we approach the end of the year, I am sharing some of my most popular columns of 2025. This one originally appeared on Tuesday, July 29. I have a longtime friend whom I met in my 20s when we worked ...

You notice subtle shifts: a comment about your outfit, a suggestion to stop seeing certain friends, a casual critique of your routine that starts to sound like instructions. Those moments add up and ...