I feel like I want to tell them something. I am not taking sides in all of this, and I still plan on being friends with everyone involved; however, the group as a whole will never be the same. That ...
People assume that if you don't have a big friend group, something must be wrong—you're shy, or antisocial, or difficult, or ...
I’ve been friends with the same group of women since our children were in grade school. We’re now in our late 50s and early ...
Any woman who is a part of a trio close friend group will tell you that all of them are completely different in their own ways. One of them is the energized partier, one of them barely leaves the ...
It wasn’t a “toxic mom group,” per se, because the parent group I found myself exiled from included a few dads too. It wasn’t ...
Finding your core friend group can be difficult, especially as an adult. Making friends is challenging enough as is, but finding a group of people whose personalities all mesh well together is a whole ...
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The friend-group fallacy

My friendships exist in silos. Each hangout is a feverish one-on-one where we share fries and eye contact, confessions, rants, gossip, and mutual attempts at amateur therapy. This patchwork of ...
Dear Eric: After 38 years of military and Department of Defense service, I retired and moved to my current home eight years ago (in a town I’ve never lived in before). I became friends with a woman ...
From splitting the bill to planning group holidays, here’s what no one tells you about being the one with money ...