In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to a question about how to deal with friends who constantly complain about everything.

It seems odd to Miss Manners that he would otherwise invite people over to the outside of yours. In any case, she finds him ...

Her attempt to plumb the decline of hanging out came from a realisation, pre-Covid, that her and her friends’ social interactions had become incredibly scheduled. Liming found a strange thing ...