There are many flavors of friendship. Most U.S. adults say they have pals who fit into specific niches in their lives, like ...

Having been in the trenches together also makes us feel like old friends. It could be a job where you together had a difficult boss, and you’re still friends 10 years later. “It’s important to have ...

I often receive cards and letters from them thanking me for my help and friendship, so I definitely feel appreciated. Yet at no point in my life have I ever been someone's best friend.

The rules governing romantic love are clearer. But few relationships are meant to last forever. By Lauren Mechling Ms. Mechling is the author of the forthcoming novel “How Could She.” I knew ...

The result is a steady diet of what I call “friendship myths”: find a best friend, and keep her forever. A good friendship is one where you never fight and are always happy. The more friends ...

In 1786 Mrs Frances Anna Wallace Dunlop, a fifty-six-year-old mother, grandmother and woman of letters, started a correspondence with a poet half her age: Robert Burns. She was a gentlewoman proud ...

"It’s only the best day of the year,” the character played by Amy Pohler said in a 2010 episode. "Every February 13, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we ...

There are many flavors of friendship. Most U.S. adults say they have pals who fit into specific niches in their lives, like gym friends or work friends. These relationships may come and go as life ...