In a world that constantly pushes the idea of having a big, thriving social circle, it can feel isolating if you don’t have a group of close friends. But the reality is, plenty of people don’t—and ...

Remember when you were stressing about whether to invite Sarah from yoga AND your college roommate to your birthday? And that weird anxiety about whether they’d get along or if you’d somehow be ...

Friendship, an essential human experience, varies in depth, duration, and purpose. Exploring the nature of these relationships reveals that the length of a friendship does not necessarily correlate ...

The research on who we become friends with falls very much in line with common sense. We are more likely to become friends with people who are trustworthy, similar to us, and who live physically close ...

Having no friends can feel isolating, but it’s not an unchangeable sentence. It’s a situation that many people find themselves in at different points in life, whether they’ve moved to a new city, ...

People often think close friendships form organically. But researchers who study relationships say the people who are the best at friendships are actually intentional about it. “If we want to live a ...

In a media landscape obsessed with drama and competition between women, the most powerful relationships among Black female celebrities tell a completely different story. These friendships have become ...

Sixty is like a soft breakpoint in life. Days slow in some ways and things that were once urgent no longer are. Work, errands, and nonstop engagements recede a bit and what is important looks ...