pedicure in half an hour?” on a Saturday morning. To me, that’s what BFFs are.

The evening makes me think Facebook is a blessing and a curse. Sure, it helps us keep track of people with whom we otherwise would have fallen out of touch. But sometimes relationships fade for...

Because while we all Facebook stalk, protocol is to not admit it. I might know, from status update, that a potential best friend swims laps every mornings, but it’d be creep to say “Don’t worry...

Sometimes when I see people from high school I feel trapped in a persona I maintained then,’ she says. ‘Ten years have gone by, a dive changed a tremendous amount – both emotionally and in...

The decision to move to the second post-college city (or suburb, or town), however, is usually made independent of friends. No matter if you do it for love, career, family, or school, the second move...

You have to believe that people will be open to your advances. We psych ourselves out of approaching a potential BFF or emailing a role model because it seems far-fetched that they’d want to be...

Popular culture has made it okay to yell “I want a man!” from the rooftops, so why are we still embarrassed to say, “I want a best friend”?

With some people there is easy conversation and not enough time in one meal to get out everything you want to tell her–all the things you didn’t know you’d been holding in until you’re suddenly...