Jean Edelstein is no stranger to starting over. The first time she felt she was rebuilding her social circle from scratch was over two decades ago in London, where she’d originally moved for grad school with a boyfriend. Things had dried up on every front: The friends she’d made in school left the city after graduation, the ones she shared with her partner disappeared after their breakup, and people at her new job weren’t as open to socializing outside the office as she was. Read More
