From Shakespeare in Love to Sliding Doors and Iron Man, Gwyneth Paltrow has long been one of Hollywood’s most versatile and ...

Dating within a friend group can feel exciting—but it comes with high emotional risks. From awkward social shifts to full ...

“And many friendships outlast romantic relationships; friends have a long-term investment in each other which only deepens these bonds. It’s a connection that’s very hard to replicate.” ...

Nearly half said they preferred developing a romantic relationship in this way. Exactly what friendship means can also be wide-ranging and quite different from person to person, Stinson said.

To learn how common friends-first romantic relationships really are, the researchers performed a meta-analysis of seven studies (N = 1,897) conducted in their labs between 2002 and 2020.

In the past century, the book suggests, our society has diminished the importance of friendship in favor of romantic relationships, making our connections to friends less rich and intimate than they ...

Imagine that both your best friend and your romantic partner have fallen into a river. You can save one of them. What do you do? Perhaps you’ve already dived in. But if you’ve got time to ...

Having your romantic partner also be your best friend, co-parent, roommate, and sole confidant is a lot of pressure. They become the default plus-one to all events, the implied person with whom ...