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Meet 'Friend' — the new, viral AI ride-or-die that hangs around your neck and costs $99: 'Tamagotchi with a soul'
August 3, 2024 | 9:51amYour friend 'til the end?
Dear Abby: My ex-boss keeps on contacting me after I resigned -- what should I do?
July 27, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on a man left to run a department while his colleagues raise families and an old friend who is coming on too strong.
Dear Abby: How do I help a friend who lives in the worst conditions I've ever seen?
July 20, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby counsels someone who has become close to a co-worker that she discovers is living in horrible conditions. How should she offer her help without causing offense?
Taylor Swift friendship bracelets fetch as much $5K as luxury designers jump on trend
July 18, 2024 | 5:03pmLuxury friendship bracelet sales have spiked after Taylor Swift first wore a diamond and gold friendship bracelet at boyfriend Travis Kelce's football game.
Gen Zer calls out massive stigma of struggling to make friends: 'Sick and tired'
July 9, 2024 | 12:17pmIt is no secret Generation Z is a lonely generation. While they are incredibly connected through social media, they still crave human connection.
Dear Abby: I blocked my overbearing sister and she went to my in-laws
July 9, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on an overstepping sister and a male/female relationship tested by marriages.
Are you stuck in a 'performative friendship'? Here's why they're awful — and how to escape
July 3, 2024 | 1:20pmIn the digital age of carefully curated content, even friendships can begin to feel fake.
Dear Abby: My daughter doesn't want anything to do with me
June 28, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on a woman's family drama and helps another woman cut ties with a bad friend.
'None of us are alone anymore': 5 New Yorkers on how they rid of the loneliness 'virus' and got back out there
June 26, 2024 | 12:49pmThese New Yorkers, tired of being lonely post-pandemic, are some of the many city-side camaraderie curators who've taken control of their social lives, launching clubs, cliques and even niche apps...
Millennial reveals sad reality of being a young person right now in struggle to make friends
June 24, 2024 | 4:26amGrace has been sharing the new thing she’s been trying even though it makes her “nervous” and it exposes what young people are surprisingly bad at.
Gen Zers and millennials are 'quiet quitting' their friendships — here's why
June 20, 2024 | 3:29pmBest friends — but not necessarily forever.
I told my friend to take her son to the doctor for his horrible behavior -- here was her reaction
June 18, 2024 | 7:56pmParenting is a tough gig, and while we might have differing views and opinions on how to do the ‘hardest job in the world’ is it ever okay to openly judge a friend’s...
Dear Abby: I want to throw away my daughter's gifts, is that wrong?
June 17, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby gives advice to a mother who doesn't know how to tell her mother-in-law to stop sending her daughter home with craft projects, since she won't use it after...
My best friend had a shocking reaction when I told her I was becoming a grandmother
June 13, 2024 | 1:14amSharing good news with a best friend should be a happy occasion and something you can both celebrate. But for one upset woman and soon-to-be grandmother, her joyful announcement caused friction with her...
Oprah Winfrey hospitalized with stomach flu: 'Very serious thing,' Gayle King says
June 11, 2024 | 4:17pmOprah Winfrey was hospitalized for "some kind of stomach thing," her best friend, Gayle King, revealed on Tuesday.
Dear Abby: How do I tell my friend I don't agree with her politics?
June 10, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby advises a woman who has been friends with another woman for 40 years, but now only calls her to talk about her ailing health and politics -- of...
Dear Abby: I think my old-friend ghosted me because I'm not Jewish enough
June 1, 2024 | 3:00amDear Abby weighs in on a friendship that abruptly ended and a relationship that's hurting a partner's wallet.
YouTubers might cheer you up more than certain people, study
May 30, 2024 | 1:20pmHere's when social media might be helpful.
'Drag her!' Andy Cohen reacts to John Mayer's letter clarifying their relationship
May 17, 2024 | 10:08amAndy Cohen cheered on John Mayer when the musician sent a letter to The Hollywood Reporter about their line of questioning to Cohen about their friendship.
Men are more likely to be friends if they don't share the same taste in women: study
May 15, 2024 | 4:52pmMates before dates — but only if your mate doesn't fancy your date.