The first week she turned down a brunch she didn't want to go to and didn't offer an excuse. The host asked why. She said "I don't feel like it." Dead silence on the thread. Three people sent supportive reactions. One person sent a crying-laughing emoji. She has not been invited back and she has never once mentioned it.

The second week she canceled a Zoom she'd been dreading for three months. Wrote "need to reschedule" and didn't follow up. Somewhere in a suburban kitchen, a group text is still processing. The comments, as they say, were feral.