Dear LK: My group chat is toxic

Life Kit

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🗓️ 6 July 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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In college, I became close with a diverse friend group. Years later, we still stay in touch via text. Some people rely on our group to manage their anxiety. The norm in the group is to reassure whoever is most upset, even when that person is wrong.

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0:00.0	Today on the show, my friend group is tight knit and supportive.
0:03.3	They also enable each other's bad behaviors.
0:05.7	I want things to change, but I'm worried I'll lose them if I say anything.
0:08.9	Dear life kit.
0:09.8	Dear life kit.
0:10.9	Dear life kit.
0:11.7	Dear life kit.
0:12.8	I have a question for you.
0:14.5	This is Dear Life Kit, from NPR.
0:17.7	How can I become a better caretaker?
0:19.3	How do I deal with my parents' unrealistic expectations?
0:22.8	And we're getting personal.
0:25.4	I'm catching feelings for someone, but they're married.
0:29.8	I'm your host, Andy Tagle.
0:31.8	Every episode, we answer one of your most pressing and intimate anonymous questions with
0:35.9	expert advice.
0:36.9	As an advice columnist, I often get letters where I'm like, this person knows they're
0:41.2	just waiting for someone to say it.
0:43.5	That's today's expert writer and illustrator, John Paul Braimer.
0:47.3	He writes the popular queer advice column, Ola Pappi, and is the author of a memoir by the
0:51.5	same name.
0:52.5	Today, JP is going to help us with a group chat that's gone off the rails.
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