Dear Annie: I am hopelessly in love with my best friend and have been for most of our lives (we’ve been friends since childhood). Over the years, there have been moments when it felt like we were ...

DEAR ABBY: My best friend and co-worker is 57. I'm 32. Her husband died two years ago, leaving her and her 22-year-old son alone. We've been best friends and co-workers for the last six years, but ...

Childhood friends or college roommates, it doesn't matter — best friends are the greatest connections people have in this world. Let's face it, you go through a lot with your best friend. From being ...

Feeling slighted after a former flame paired up with an old friend she met through him, a middle-aged reader cut off contact with both. So why does he feel so bad? By Philip Galanes Seven years ago, I ...

DEAR ABBY: Two years ago, one of my best friends took her life. I’d known her since we were in our freshman year. We dated for nearly a year while still in school before deciding to break up and ...

Friendship, an essential human experience, varies in depth, duration, and purpose. Exploring the nature of these relationships reveals that the length of a friendship does not necessarily correlate ...

More than three-quarters of Americans have a best friend, a new survey has found. A poll of 2,000 Americans born between 1925 and 2006 found that 83 percent have best friends. The average person who ...