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 ...

55% are open to long-distance relationships that may never go offline. 48% are open to parallel relationships that split emotional and physical needs. 40% consider it acceptable to have a platonic ...

Dear Amy: I had a brief romance with “Frederica” while on a business trip in 2019. Sadly, we weren’t able to meet again due to COVID restrictions, but we were effectively in a long-distance ...

Are men OK? In all likelihood, they'll never tell you. Only 21% of men say they received emotional support from a friend within the past week, compared to 41% of women, according to a 2021 survey by ...

According to relationship experts, the best guidance here comes with understanding the differences between deep, intimate friendship (or platonic intimacy) and deep, intimate situationships (or ...

Amanda Peet isn't necessarily interested in playing a long-suffering wife battling suburban ennui, so it's a good thing she has a lead role as Mel on the Apple TV+ drama Your Friends and Neighbors ...

Dear Amy: I had a brief romance with “Frederica” while on a business trip in 2019. Sadly, we weren’t able to meet again due to COVID restrictions, but we were effectively in a long-distance ...