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AliceKate · Mar 13, 2022, 05:46 AM

Hi guys,

Possible trigger:

so I have this friend who still has family and friends in Ukraine and he's not doing so well. He constantly reads the news and is very unsure whether he wants Ukraine to keep fighting or give up, because he fears for the people's life and livelihoods. He is looking for ways to help and finds an insufficient amount. He himself does not live in Ukraine anymore.

I'm not looking to give him advice on how to deal with it or how to live his life (that's his wife's "job", if it is anyone's). I am just wondering, as an outsider that has some contact with him, how to talk to him. Like, what should I not say, can I bring stuff up, do I just listen, etc.

Any advice?

Yours, Kate.