Have you ever been friend-bombed?

When Sienna*, a 30-year-old graduate student in Los Angeles, was asked to host Nora*, the friend of a friend, in her Paris apartment for a week, she quickly said yes. One week snowballed into a two-month rent-free stay, which, at the time, Sienna was happy to offer because she wanted company in a new and unfamiliar country. Throughout the stay, the two women grew close, hanging out together daily, sharing intimate details, and introducing each other to their friends. It seemed like ahellip; read more raquo;