Dear Eric: We are a group of women who have been meeting weekly to play cards for the last several years. During the last year or so, one of our players has become increasingly cognitively impaired.

Dear Annie: My best friend, “Sarah,” and I have been close since college, but lately, our friendship feels one-sided. She’s going through a rough time; she broke up with her boyfriend, she hates her ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ll call “Sally.” She is in her mid-50s and is single with no kids. Both of her parents are deceased. Prior to her mother’s death, she quit her job to care for her. Once ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ll call “Sally.” She is in her mid-50s and is single with no kids. Both of her parents are deceased. Prior to her mother’s death, she quit her job to care for her. Once ...

A boogeyman haunts the realm of friendship advice: the friend who vents too much. Although people have surely been complaining since the dawn of language, and getting annoyed at one another about it ...

They’re not our besties, but they’re more than just acquaintances. How much of ourselves do we owe them? Credit...Photo Illustration by Lauren Peters-Collaer Supported by By Lisa Miller Most of us ...

Dear Annie: I was out having lunch with a friend I’ve known for many years. We met when our children were babies; they are grown adults now. We have only been meeting up once a week for lunch since ...

I found your website after searching about "self-centered friends." I find your topics very useful and decided to let you know about my friend. We've known each other for many, many years and it's one ...

A wearable companion is a brilliant idea — in theory. By Amy X. Wang See them out there — those eight billion strangers? For close friendship to blossom between any two people, empirically speaking, ...