Lea Michele Reveals How a Friend's Family Crisis Led to Her First Broadway Role in Les Misérables

Lea Michele said that she only auditioned for Les Misérables in the 1990s because her parents agreed to take a friend of hers ...

What you’ll remember from ALCS Game 7, plus: Do Blue Jays have a shot?

This is The Athletic’s MLB newsletter. Sign up here to receive The Windup directly in your inbox. The World Series matchup is ...

I Know What It Takes to Get a Job in This Market. My Friend Doesn’t Want to Hear It.

Good Job is Slate’s advice column on work. Have a workplace problem big or small? Send it to Laura Helmuth and Doree Shafrir ...

I was the first person in my friend group to have kids. At first, I was lonely, but then they started asking me for advice.

I was the first one in my friend group to have kids, so they often ask me for advice. I've learned to offer them support ...

Asking Eric: Friend told a terrible story about my addicted behavior, but I’ve been sober 31 years

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life you’ve made for yourself, especially if she felt she got the short end of the ...

Asking Eric: Sister’s high school friend becomes my best friend as we age, and now she’s jealous

Dear Eric: My sister and I were once best friends. She has a friend from high school who was also her best friend. This ...

Asking Eric: How do I reassure my sister that my best friend won’t replace her?

Dear Not My Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new ...

Asking Eric: I’m more than 30 years sober. Why does friend keep bringing up my past mistakes?

Dear Past: Congratulations on your years of sobriety. Your friend may consciously or subconsciously resent the new life ...

Asking Eric: Friend drags up addiction-related offenses, 31 years later

After 31 years sober, a woman faces embarrassment when a longtime friend shares stories from her drinking days with new ...

50 Years Ago, A Sexual Predator Roamed My Town. It Was Only Recently That I Realized How Intimately I Knew Him.

"I have a sense memory of moving slowly, deliberately, aware not to draw suspicion or attention to myself in any way." ...

Dear Abby: Handsy grandpa ruins relationship

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Mindy Kaling Reacts to Reese Witherspoon Setting Her Up on a Date: ‘It’s Not the Time’

Reese Witherspoon tried to help Mindy Kaling find love — but she’s not in the market for a significant other. “I don't go on ...