You know that couple who’s been together for decades and still seems to genuinely enjoy each other’s company? The ones who laugh at each other’s jokes, have inside references you don’t understand, and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about relationships, personality, and everyday psychology. Watching your friendship change when a close friend starts ...

We like to think we make our own romantic decisions, following our hearts and learning from experience. But our friends’ relationships hold more influence over our love lives than we care to admit.

Dr. Laura Dabney discusses loneliness, friendship burnout and how to maintain meaningful connections through life's ...

Some friendships fade naturally as life changes, while others seem to last for decades. People who can actually keep friends for a long time often share certain personality traits that help ...

People are insatiably curious about their friends' relationships: Will Maggie and Luke stay together? How will Riley and Lisa handle long-distance? Will Aubrey ever meet someone? Our fascination with ...

“Man and woman cannot be friends. Because no man can be friends with a woman that he finds attractive. He always wants to have sex with her.” —Harry, in the movie, When Harry Met Sally “I never ...

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and ...