"Several special [people]... I have friends with benefits, yes" Abby Stern is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She’s been writing about entertainment, fashion, beauty, and other lifestyle content ...

In many cases, people with few friends simply have different priorities—they value deep, meaningful connections over surface-level interactions. They know themselves well, are highly independent ...

People who have close friends are more satisfied with their lives and less likely to suffer from depression, according to research from the American Journal of Psychiatry. But many friendships ...

Zuckerberg said on a podcast last week that he thinks the average person wants to have more friends and connections with other people than they currently do—and that AI friends are a solution.

Friends are some of the most important people we'll have in our lives. They see us at our highs and are there to comfort us with open arms and a listening ear during our lows. There's nothing on ...

Family members and strangers feel strongly that I should be friends with him ... there’s nothing on which to build a relationship. People love to have opinions about how we should live our ...

On the "Call Her Daddy" podcast last week, Roan was asked about still being close with friends in her hometown ... maturity level of the majority of the people her age? They can barely take ...

But, did you know some people are surprisingly content without a large circle of friends? It’s not about being antisocial or lonely. Rather, it’s about finding joy in solitude and embracing ...

However, I have always had to deal with people (friends, family, neighbors, etc.) thinking that “working from home” equals “free to do whatever I want, whenever I want.” I get a lot of ...

By Alisha Haridasani Gupta “We’re still the same people we were in the 10th grade,” Carrie Coon’s character, Laurie, on the hit HBO series “The White Lotus,” tells her two friends.