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 ...

“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 ...

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.

When I first wrote Platonic in 2021, people saw friendship as trivial, unnecessary, and inferior to other forms of love (like familial or romantic love). As I reflected on the state of friendship this ...

A new UC Berkeley study finds 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 ...

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 ...

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