Friendship expert Kat Vellos shares tips on how to make a new friendship stick, including what to do together, how often to hang out — and what to do if the vibes just aren't there.

A person’s social network can be surprisingly complex. Yet, we think we only need a romantic partner and a nuclear family. Maybe one good friend. Otherwise, those not legally or biologically fastened ...

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Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. We all know the importance of fostering close social connections. Friends are great—until they’re not.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Even if you're close, there are red flags that a friendship isn't worth staying in.Yusuke Nishizawa/Getty Images All friendships ...

According to U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy, the United States is in the midst of a “loneliness epidemic.” But what does that mean about the state of American friendships? The American Friendship ...

Laura Eramian receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Peter Mallory receives funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

There's no rulebook to friendship. It takes a balance of tough love mixed with inside jokes and whatever other quirky things the two of you have made up over the years to keep a friendship spicy and ...

Friendship in America is in steep decline: We’re more disconnected from each other than ever, and the gulf between us is only growing. Does it matter? It does. We know that friendships are good for us ...

Making new friends can be difficult, no matter your age. As a tarot reader and astrologer of 25 years, many of my clients come for readings and advice about this very topic—we need our friends, after ...

Writing from the Chicagoland area in Illinois, Robert is an avid movie watcher and will take just about any excuse to find time to go to his local movie theaters. Robert graduated from Bradley ...

Just like romantic relationships, friendships have their ups and downs. Conflict doesn't mean your friend is toxic. However, not all tensions are fixable, and not all differences are worth enduring.