Friends

The Single Best Way to Tell if You Have Outgrown a Friendship

Margaret Ruth | Posted 08.30.2009 | Living


Margaret Ruth

If one person has done something such as become healthier, develop new interests or changed what s/he wants in a friendship, then the friendship has to change along.

Using Joy to Beat Back the Economic Boogeyman

Wes Isley | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living


Wes Isley

Before the economy tanked, I never worried about going out to celebrate a friend's birthday. But last week, the thought of paying for drinks, dinner and a birthday dessert was stressing me out.

What is Work? La Dolce Vita at Dinnertime

Sharon Glassman | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Sharon Glassman

By turning a chore into a focused effort of passion and intention, we can cook our way out of the week's professional frying pan and into something deliciously higher.

Marital Mentality #2: The More Profound Historic Change

Bella DePaulo | Posted 08.15.2009 | Living


Bella DePaulo

Why should you have to be any kind of a couple to have access to basic rights, protections, dignity, and respect?

Virtual Rejection

Lloyd Garver | Posted 08.09.2009 | Home


Lloyd Garver

For the past couple of months, I've been feeling a great deal of shame and embarrassment. Now it's gotten too difficult for me to hold those feelings ...

"Avoid Marriage," Advises Atlantic Writer

Bella DePaulo | Posted 07.27.2009 | Living


Bella DePaulo

Who is happier and psychologically stronger - people who got married and then got unmarried, or people who stayed single? The answer, in just about every study I've ever reviewed, is people who have stayed single.

Is Your Crush Into You -- Or Is He Or She Just Being Friendly?

The Stimulist | Posted 07.26.2009 | Living


Boy meets Girl where boys meet girls: online, in a bar, at the gym, through a friend. He finds her cute, but it's not love at first sight. No. It's lo...

Jennifer Aniston's FML Moment

Disgrasian | Posted 07.25.2009 | Comedy


Disgrasian

One minute, I'm on the hottest television show of all time and married to the hottest man in the universe. And the next, I'm forty, single and my ovaries are drying up.

STUDY: In Old Age, Friends Can Keep You Young

TIME | Anita Hamilton | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living


Going to the ballpark, visiting friends and playing bingo are simple diversions for many of us. But for the elderly, these social pastimes may play a ...

How To Declutter Your Friendships

Karen Leland | Posted 07.18.2009 | Living


Karen Leland

Elizabeth was the type of friend who was always inviting me out to lunch and then ambushing me with the delivery of her latest disappointments in our ...

I Won't Chat! Don't Ask Me!

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 07.16.2009 | Media


Lita Smith-Mines

Here's my appeal to certain unemployed friends: step away from your cell phones and computers!

Practice A Non-Random Act of Kindness

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 07.15.2009 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

A while back, I posted about Happiness Myth #7: Doing "random acts of kindness" brings happiness. I wasn't arguing that acts of kindness wouldn't make...

Socializing As A Single Lady: Divorce Is Not The Death Knell For Being Popular

Vicki Iovine | Posted 07.13.2009 | Living


Vicki Iovine

It takes an extraordinary amount of energy and time, with no little courage thrown in, to be single and out in the world.

Simon Cowell: A True Friend

James M. Lynch | Posted 07.02.2009 | Entertainment


James M. Lynch

A true friend is one who will tell you the truth whether or not you want to hear it, whether it might endanger the status quo of the friendship or not.

Good Hugs Make For Good Friends: NJ Teens Make Hugs Work

nytimes.com | Sarah Kershaw | Posted 06.28.2009 | Living


There is so much hugging at Pascack Hills High School in Montvale, N.J., that students have broken down the hugs by type: There is the basic friend hu...

Why Being A 'People Person' May Be All In Your Head

news.yahoo.com | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living


Regions of the brain that process pleasurable experiences such as sweet tastes and sexual stimuli are the same ones that determine whether an individu...

Lisa Kudrow Wants a Nuclear-Free Mother's Day

Joe Cirincione | Posted 06.04.2009 | Living


Joe Cirincione

Lisa Kudrow has teamed up with us in a Mother's Day for Peace campaign to urge people everywhere to honor their mothers with a gift of peace.

Why Social Networking Matters... Sort of

Russell Bishop | Posted 05.28.2009 | Living


Russell Bishop

There are multiple layers of social networking and the more we understand those layers, the more we will be able to create something meaningful beyond who had what for lunch today.

Want New Friends? 8 Ways To Make Yourself More Likable

Gretchen Rubin | Posted 05.10.2009 | Living


Gretchen Rubin

Well, no. You can't actually make someone like you. But you can behave in ways that will make it slightly more likely. We all want to feel that oth...

You Think For Yourself but You Act Like Your Friends (on homophily)

Auren Hoffman | Posted 05.07.2009 | Living


Auren Hoffman

Friends have the capacity to affect people's tastes, activities, and their lives overall.

Phoenix, Band on SNL, Not from Brooklyn

Andrea Chalupa | Posted 05.06.2009 | Entertainment


Andrea Chalupa

Phoenix looked like they were really relishing being on the SNL stage. This exuberance and gratitude didn't fit the aloof, no-big-deal-ness of a posturing band out of Brooklyn.

I Just Quit Facebook

John DeBellis | Posted 04.30.2009 | Comedy


John DeBellis

I got tired of getting messages from people I hadn't heard from in twenty years, who still haven't figured that I didn't want to hear from them until I read their names in the obituary.

Are Facebook Friends "Real" Friends?

Kari Henley | Posted 04.29.2009 | Living


Kari Henley

Well, I have to say one thing - HuffPost readers rock! This is one spirited group and thanks to everyone who joined in on the lively debate about "Fac...

Facebook's New Format Takes Away From its Purpose

Meghan Peters | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media


Meghan Peters

Rather than improving its social use, the new format is monetizing Facebook even more than its previous changes.

Money Doesn't Buy (True) Friends

Quinn Bradlee | Posted 04.18.2009 | Living


Quinn Bradlee

The thing about being wealthy is that whenever I have parties, I never think that my friends are there just because they want to see me.