Dear Annie: I am hopelessly in love with my best friend and have been for most of our lives (we’ve been friends since childhood). Over the years, there have been moments when it felt like we were ...

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, one of my best friends took her life. I’d known her since we were in our freshman year. We dated for nearly a year while still in school before deciding to break up and ...

Feeling slighted after a former flame paired up with an old friend she met through him, a middle-aged reader cut off contact with both. So why does he feel so bad? By Philip Galanes Seven years ago, I ...

Each week, exclusively for Slate Plus members, Prudie discusses a new letter with a fellow Slate colleague. Have a question for Prudie? Submit it here. My best friend and I are both single, child-free ...

Friendship, an essential human experience, varies in depth, duration, and purpose. Exploring the nature of these relationships reveals that the length of a friendship does not necessarily correlate ...

A woman asked Reddit for advice on how to handle a situation The woman has been friends with her best friend for 13 years and started to grow apart when her friend moved The woman didn't end up going ...