Adjusting to life in a new city, a couple was stung to learn that the only people they know in town, the husband’s childhood friends, didn’t invite them on a recent getaway.

Dear James, I have a literary crush. Since first encountering this woman’s work several years ago, I have read her sentences ...

I fear I’m on the road to serious isolation. Editor’s Note: Is anything ailing, torturing, or nagging at you? Are you beset ...

Feeling slighted after a former flame paired up with an old friend she met through him, a middle-aged reader cut off contact with both. So why does he feel so bad?

I’m typically quiet and mind my own business. But in recent weeks, I’ve been having conflicts with people over minor things.