Dear Eric: I recently set boundaries with a friend who would vent to me about another friend of theirs, with whom I’m only barely acquainted. I asked them to stop processing this other friendship of ...

Dear Eric: I recently set boundaries with a friend who would vent to me about another friend of theirs, with whom I’m only barely acquainted. I asked them to stop processing this other friendship of ...

I feel embarrassed to admit this, but my friend cut me off for being “toxic.” Looking back, I used to subtly put them down and exclude them because I was jealous. They were thriving in their career ...