'Is My New Friend Group Toxic?'

Don't sponge up everyone else's shame and make it your own.

New York Street with Moon (1925) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Hey Polly,

I’m a woman in my 20s living in a city that I’m not originally from, and like many people in similar circumstances, I’ve found it excruciatingly hard to make friends. There have been whole years where I’ve felt very lonely. Though I do have a handful of friends I love and cherish deeply, they…