Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. “I hope we can still be friends.” If you’ve ever experienced a ...

As a Gen X Goth mom who constantly clashed with my own parents, I’ve always been unflinchingly open and aesthetically permissive with my daughter, especially once she became a teen. I figured honesty ...

“Our friendship is perfect and they seem to have grown so much since we broke up. Should we give this another chance?” “Should I tell my current partner that I used to date one of my closest friends?” ...

Friendships are important. Growing up, it seemed easy to make friends. Just about everyone in your classroom became a confidant. As we get older, creating new friendships is tricky. Sometimes, it can ...

Shows like Friends and How I Met Your Mother make the breakup-to-bestie trope seem doable (exciting, even). But offscreen, can you be friends with your ex? Most of us know how this story tends to play ...

Friendships are usually built on mutual trust, but not every connection we make is genuine. Some people wear masks, often hiding their true intentions behind compliments and carefully chosen words.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy has declared that America is in the grip of a loneliness epidemic. There are many causes for this isolation, but here’s one few seem to have considered: barriers to ...