DEAR NINA helps you with the ups and downs of friendship. Why didn't your friend text you back? Why weren't you included in her birthday dinner? What if your friend's kid is picking on your kid? These questions come up no matter your age and background. Friendship is tricky, even for grownups.

I'm your host, Nina Badzin. Since 2014 in my friendship advice column, I've been fostering discussions about the nitty gritty of adult friendships with sensitivity and practicality. You'd think I've have nothing new to say about friendship after almost a decade, but you'd be wrong. Friendship is an endless, timeless, fascinating topic, and the more anonymous letters (https://dearnina.substack.com/t/anonymous-letters) I receive and consider, the more I personally learn, too.

The podcast, which I started in 2021, has been referenced in The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Time Magazine, The Guardian, The Chicago Tribune, Woman's Day Magazine, The Minneapolis Star Tribune, and elsewhere. I always love hearing from readers and listeners. My work on friendship is meant to be a conversation between us and between you and your friends. I hope you will share your thoughts with me and with each other.

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