I used to think the goal in friendship was to get closer—if a relationship wasn’t operating at maximum intimacy, something was wrong. But I’ve come to believe that friendship isn’t about closeness at ...

The human heart operates on a complex emotional frequency that doesn’t always distinguish between different types of meaningful connections. When conversations dive beneath surface pleasantries and ...

All people have a basic need to be loved and cared for. But more and more Americans are living alone, according to the U.S. Census—often not by choice—and that’s creating a loneliness epidemic that ...

Men: think of your closest friend, the person who knows you best, with whom you feel the most comfortable. Your pal, your bud, your homie. What is the basis of your friendship? What would it take to ...

Vector illustration of two men's red and blue overlapping faces against a tan background. In 2019, Art Pereira ran the numbers on his windfall of credit card points, which he’d earned after opening a ...

From Aristotle’s concept of a friend as a second self to today’s social networks, what colleges can do to enhance students’ social and interpersonal development. Deep, sustained, intimate friendships ...