Finding friendship and maintaining connections in adulthood is hard. Here’s where to start. By Catherine Pearson When it comes to friendship in the United States, the outlook is pretty darn bleak.

Ms. McCabe is the author of “Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends.” When people find that they are having a hard time making new friends, they often blame their own awkwardness — some failure on their ...

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Friendship is messy, heartbreaking, joyful, and soothing. We need it desperately, especially nowadays. And, personally, one of my favorite ways to show my friends how much I love them is by sending ...

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Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Making new friends (especially as an adult) can be challenging. It ...

As part of writing this article series, I’ve become increasingly curious about what other men think about male friendship. The American Survey Center’s State of American Friendship study—especially ...

In January 2011, after struggling with unstable housing for three years, I received good news: an offer from a childhood friend to move into a room in his apartment in Manhattan. Michael knew about ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding, and ...

Raising friendship is one of many special ways to evolve your Pokémon in Pokémon Legends: Z-A. Some of the Pokémon in Legends: Z-A will only evolve to their next form once they have a high friendship ...

Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl is undoubtedly one of the singer’s more optimistic albums, full of songs celebrating her relationship with Travis Kelce. But there is one heartbreaking track ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Swift sings about wishing she had kissed a friend who later passed away. The singer has spoken before about losing a close high ...