“Strong-ties make the world smaller, weak-ties make it bigger.” —Mark Granovetter “Love degrades the world from significant people, while friendship can fill it with such people.” —Avinoam Ben-Ze’ev ...

“Best friend” is a term that seems to have been invented in the twentieth century, perhaps even in the second half of that century. My parents never used the term “best friend,” but my friends and I ...

How the ethics of relationships can untangle confusing feelings.

The 1994 mega-hit Friendswas popular for a reason. The characters not only found themselves in entertaining situations, but were also just fun and funny people in and of themselves. Their chemistry, ...

We often hear that romantic love is the most important kind of love. Finding your soulmate is the ultimate goal for many people. But sometimes the best love comes from our friends, as two lifelong ...

The message arrived the way most of our conversations always had—casual, borderless, unannounced. It was just after midnight in New York, the end of a Thursday night spent scrolling TikTok. We had ...

Jealousy is a common feeling we all experience from time to time—sometimes even unconsciously. We commonly notice jealousy in the context of romantic relationships. This mere emotion is not something ...