Dear Friend: It’s really hard to have romantic feelings for someone who doesn’t reciprocate them. But, at the risk of sounding overly cheery, it’s a privilege to be close to someone whom you admire enough to love, platonically or romantically.

It’s a common thing to hear someone say they are their own worst enemy. It’s especially common for therapists to hear. Many people come to therapy to work on their relationship with themselves. This is where the “own worst enemy” feelings really kick in.

If your best friend is getting married soon, you're probably wondering how much to gift them on their best day ever. Here's some advice on how much makes sense for 2025.

Divya met her best friend when she was just 4 years old. They’ve been through all the phases of childhood and adolescence together, and more than 14 years later, they’re still incredibly close, Divya told me.

After nearly a decade of close friendship, a reader is hurt and mystified by the radio silence from a woman who was in her wedding party just a year ago.

A 2023 study by Hawkins et al. found that children with strong, positive bonds to their dogs reported higher wellbeing, happiness, quality of life, greater social satisfaction, and lower loneliness.

Architect David Jimenez vividly recalls a "really scary" moment with his close friend Rex Heuermann in the new Peacock documentary The Gilgo Beach Killer: House of Secrets.