“All of our needs are different now than they used to be,” lianafinck writes, to a person seeking advice on how to stay connected with friends. “And I’d imagine that your friends’ needs are different these days, too.”
Dear Pepper is a monthly advice-column comic by Liana Finck. If you have questions for Pepper about how to act in difficult situations, please direct them to [email protected]. Questions may be edited for brevity and clarity.I️ hate Zoom. And I hate talking on the phone. For the entire pandemic, my friends have been constantly asking me for Zooms and phone calls. I never know what to say. For one thing, a Zoom call will completely unbalance my day.
That said, I’m not much of a fan of the book-length e-mail or the long, drawn-out text conversation, either.
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