#101 - Best Friends, Friendship Trios, Being More Direct with Friends, and More

Dear Nina: Conversations About Friendship

It's the first official "ask me anything" episode in honor of 100 episodes!

The questions came from my anonymous inbox, my Facebook group (Dear Nina: The Group), or through Instagram and TikTok-- both @dearninafriendship.

I had a great time answering questions and I couldn't even get to everything so I will keep doing these every so often.

Some of the topics I covered in under 30 minutes:

• Be more direct with friends
• Awkwardness after ending a friendship
• Friendship trios, rectangles
• Letting friends hangout without you
• Don’t assume friends operate like you do
• “Best” friends as a difficult term
• Teens who never make plans
• Not ditching certain friends for the "popular" friend
• Friends who dismiss a topic that you're trying to discuss
• Some of my friendship history
• And more!

Links mentioned in the episode:

• Reconnecting with an Ex-Friend: Rebecca Kotok
• When Your Friend’s Kid is Being Mean to Your Kid: Taryn Kessel
• Friends Will Hang Out Without You: Taryn Kessel

Let's connect over all things friendship!

• My Substack newsletter about friendship & more
• Dear Nina website with show notes and a guide to pitching yourself as a guest
• Instagram , TikTok, Twitter, Youtube, Threads
• JOIN the Dear Nina Facebook group
• Ask an anonymous question

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