“Strong-ties make the world smaller, weak-ties make it bigger.” —Mark Granovetter “Love degrades the world from significant people, while friendship can fill it with such people.” —Avinoam Ben-Ze’ev ...

Before sparks fly and romantic declarations are made, there is something deeper that often goes overlooked—friendship. In a world that glamorizes whirlwind romances and fairytale endings, couples who ...

If a married couple in their thirties lives with roommates, one might assume that something is wrong: financial precarity, odd immaturity, unusual caregiving responsibilities. But Rhaina Cohen, a ...

Imagine that both your best friend and your romantic partner have fallen into a river. You can save one of them. What do you do? Perhaps you’ve already dived in. But if you’ve got time to think before ...

This story was originally published on Sept. 12, 2022, and has been updated to include a rerun of the podcast episode. When psychologist and friendship expert Marisa Franco went through a rough ...

For many years, I considered myself to be an awkward loner. And it’s true that I was my own first friend — and an extraordinarily good one, at that. From an early age, I deeply enjoyed my own company.

TV has always been a mirror for human relationships, reflecting everything from fiery romances to deep, platonic friendships. But in recent years, it feels like every close bond on TV comes with a ...

Sonnets still have a reputation for being about the unrequited love of a man for a woman. AndreasPraefcke/Wikimedia Commons As poets have demonstrated for centuries, a sonnet for your beloved never ...