"She wants someone to tell her that her life is hard even when it’s objectively not."

"I am not competing with other women. I’m competing with the New York Jets."

"If I stay quiet, it feels like I’m ignoring her. If I speak up, it feels like I’m making it worse."

"It's like she handed me a film reel I didn’t ask for, and now it plays on loop in my head over... and over... and over."

"I realized I wasn’t her friend. I was her audience."