Your partner should undeniably be one of your favorite people. But can counting them among your best friends affect your friendships? FG Trade via Getty Images They say the best relationships are ...

We love the idea of it: your partner as your best friend. It sounds wholesome and romantic, like the holy grail of modern love. But what happens when the line between lover and BFF starts to blur—and ...

This is part of Advice Week: Friendship Edition. We’ll help you make friends, leave them—and even sleep with them. It’s a tale as old as the advice column: Your friend has chosen to date or, even ...

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. When your friend is in love—and you’re writhing in horror at the object of their affection—the first ...

Erin and I met in school, and we had a huge fight. She forgave me, and we became inseparable. Describing her as my best friend is not enough. My then-boyfriend and I moved in with her when her twin ...

Welcome to Asking for a Friend, an advice column that helps you make sense of your messiest, most complicated friendship moments. Each month, clinical psychologist Miriam Kirmayer, PhD, will answer ...

Quick, without thinking: Who's your best friend? Did you think of your college roommate? Your buddy you met at work years ago? Or, did you think of your romantic partner? Perhaps surprisingly, it's ...

A woman turned to Reddit after leaving her best friend’s New Year’s Eve gathering early to join an after-party with most of ...