You don't have to live in the same town or — or even the same country — as your best friend to maintain a strong friendship. Even so, it can be challenging to live far away from your favorite people.

This is part of Advice Week: Friendship Edition. We’ll help you make friends, leave them—and even sleep with them. Tragedy struck shortly before the start of second grade. My best friend, Ricarda, who ...

Long distance relationships can be hard to maintain; here are a handful of ways to keep your relationship going strong.

It’s easy to stay close with the buddies you can catch up with over dinner or spontaneously visit on a lazy Sunday. But a long-distance friendship doesn’t come with those built-in moments—and without ...

After college graduation, my two freshman roomies-turned-best friends moved to opposite sides of the country while I stayed in the Midwest. They were my people. And then as life would have it, ...

It can be tough to maintain our relationships with old friends. We move cross-country. We have kids. Or maybe one person is better at staying in touch than the other. Despite the challenges, Nina ...

DEAR ABBY: Fifteen years ago, after six years of marriage, my husband and I moved 3,000 miles away from everyone I knew. I wasn’t in favor of the move and never felt at home in the new city, but I ...

Dear Abby: Fifteen years ago, after six years of marriage, my husband and I moved 3,000 miles away from everyone I knew. I wasn’t in favor of the move and never felt at home in the new city, but I ...

I've been drifting apart from two friends over the past few years. In the first instance, I felt abandoned after working hard to maintain a long-distance friendship. When I finally confronted her a ...

I’m an 18-year-old girl, and I’ll be starting college this fall — a big, exciting change! But I have a friendship dilemma that’s been weighing on me. Back in 2022, I met a Japanese girl through a ...