Anchorage, AK, October 27, 2026 —

An advice column in Anchorage has taken up a reader’s question about whether to explain her reasons for stepping away from a friendship that has lasted 12 years.

The reader says she feels uncomfortable with how her friend treats her new boyfriend. She describes the friend’s behavior as domineering and belittling, and says the situation has led her to lose respect for her friend. The reader also sees a similarity between the friend’s treatment of the boyfriend and the friend’s past behavior toward her late husband.

The dilemma centers on how to handle the growing distance between the two women: whether to tell her friend why she is drifting away or to let the friendship fade without a fuller explanation. The summary of the column does not provide the columnist’s response, so it is unclear what advice was offered or how the reader ultimately chose to proceed.

The account does not identify the reader or her friend, provide a publication date, or give further details about the incidents behind the reader’s concerns. It also does not say whether the friend has been told about the reader’s discomfort. The information available focuses on the reader’s perspective and her question about communicating the reasons for ending or reducing contact.

At the center of the advice request is the tension between a long-standing relationship and the reader’s loss of respect for her friend’s conduct toward someone close to her. The column presents the issue as a personal decision about whether to explain a change in the friendship, rather than reporting a resolution.


Story summarized from the original created by R. Eric Thomas on www.adn.com, see more information here.

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