Last year, I received a message on my Facebook that made me anxious. It was my ex-best friend, *Valerie (name changed for privacy) — someone I had known nearly two decades ago in college but never ...

When my best friend of over a decade ended our friendship, she wouldn't tell me why. I was devastated, and it shook my confidence when it came to friendship. I sought professional help to recover from ...

Q. Here’s the dynamic: My best friend and I were dating best friends. Let’s call my best friend N and her boyfriend L. My boyfriend is E. L set me up with his best friend, E. We were dating happily, ...

A reader’s patience is wearing thin with an otherwise fun and generous friend who leaves much to be desired as a conversational partner. By Philip Galanes I am good friends with a woman who is kind ...