If I tell that other friend, I risk my relationship with my best friend and may just shift the burden onto the other friend, ...

We don’t dare invite each other to social events where we might normally invite a good friend of the same gender and age group.

Dear Abby advises a person who is thinking about ending her marriage because of her affair with her best friend of 40 years.

To help a loved one with cancer, think about what you're good at — and what they need. Are you organized? Plan their meals.

My first thought is, “Not again.” I immediately curse my selfishness. Being called from a warm bed to tend to my father is a ...

Dear Eric: My bestie is a modern-day pen pal. That is to say I know him on only social media. But we’ve had so many fine chats over the last decade, until recently. He lives in another country, where ...

I am so confused as he is my best friend. Dear BFF: Tell your naysaying friends to back off and butt out. Respectfully. Or not! They’re problematizing a perfectly normal, innocent friendship and, in ...

Dear Eric: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is each other’s supervisor. There is no romantic ...

Dear Eric: My bestie is a modern-day pen pal. That is to say I know him on only social media. But we’ve had so many fine chats over the last decade, until recently. He lives in another country, where ...

Dear Eric: I have a friend I’ll call “Sally.” She is in her mid-50s and is single with no kids. Both of her parents are deceased. Prior to her mother’s death, she quit her job to care for her. Once ...

DEAR ERIC: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is each other’s supervisor. There is no romantic ...

Dear Eric: I am a mid-60s married woman. I have been in a deep friendship for a couple of years with a married male colleague in his 30s. Neither of us is each other’s supervisor. There is no romantic ...