DEAR ABBY: I have a longtime friend, “Laurie,” who is single. Most of the relationships she gets into are with men who are in ...

Ending a friendship can be extremely difficult. While there is one method that may seem like a gentlest way of doing things, ...

There's no greater feeling than being able to confide in someone you trust, as the willingness to be open is one of the main ...

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I have a friend I’ ve been thinking about cutting ties with for a while now, but I feel conflicted about it. I’ ve noticed that the way he treats people, including me, is questionable. Whenever I need ...

Not all friendships end with a dramatic blowout or a final argument. Often, the end of a close bond is a quiet, gradual process marked by subtle clues and a sense of growing emotional distance. This ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend, from college 40 years ago, who I’m only now realizing is a needy, self-aggrandizing narcissist. In all of that time, absolutely no one in my circle has ever liked her. She ...

Friendships are an important and complex phenomenon, offering both a source of incredible pleasure and, at times, when confronted with the ending of a friendship, immense pain. In new research ...

"The hardest part of a friendship breakup is that the very person you'd normally turn to in pain is the one who's no longer there." ...

“If you express a need for space, rest, or a boundary and it’s dismissed, minimized, or guilt-tripped, it’s worth noticing,” ...

View the full episode transcript. Leanne Davis, a researcher at Education Northwest, found out her 10-year-old son had made a sad playlist to cope with his best friend moving away. He’d listen to it ...

Friendship breakups are the worst. They hurt just as much as a romantic breakup, and sometimes, even more. As someone who’s been through a ton of friend breakups, I can tell you that the pain never ...