Research finds that friendship is less of an exchange of giving and receiving, and more of a support system for unpredictable ...

All of my relationships live, at least in part, in my phone, where they are forced to share space with everything else that happens there. Lately, the feeling creeping up on me is that the pieces of ...

Despite how natural friendship can feel, people rarely stop to analyze it. How do you know when someone will make a good friend? When is it time to move on from a friendship? Oftentimes, people rely ...

So when this excerpt of Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book, All the Way to the River, was published, I couldn’t turn away, even though it felt like the consensus reaction was “Oh, no.” Don’t get me wrong. I ...

There are a lot of different ways we try to classify ourselves. Everybody wants to fit into a group and feel like they belong ...

How long it takes to reach that breaking point may have seemed more like a matter of intuition—but a new survey suggests ...

A new study examines how comfortable and attuned people are when talking with others, depending on their socioeconomic status ...

Friendships never expire. Even so, many people over 60 find it challenging to make new friends. You may be near the end of ...

I recently heard Professor Luigi Ferrucci, an expert on aging, speak at my local university's medical school. One line really ...

Real friends aren’t loud—they’re steady: they remember the small stuff, flex to your needs, repair fast, and quietly subtract ...