This reader has an exhausting best friend who is self-loathing and needy, She asks how to handle the friendship. Hi Irene, I have been best friends with this girl for 35 years. We are now both 42. She ...

Maria Morava is a Newsweek reporter based in Edinburgh, U.K. Her focus is reporting on relationships. She has covered news, culture and trends, and entertainment at previous publications. Maria joined ...

It’s an unfortunate fact of life: people are sometimes forced to choose sides when their friends break up. And that’s when things get ugly! Read the story below and see if you think this woman is ...

Dear Annie: My best friend recently started dating someone new, and ever since, she’s become distant. We used to talk daily; now I’m lucky if she texts back within a week. When we do hang out, he ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have autism, which makes it difficult to understand social situations -- especially within close friendships. I also tend to be a people-pleaser. My best friend and I met in high ...

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Dear Eric: My best friend and I, both females and in our 60s, used to do everything together. Last year, she met a nice man and after a brief courtship, they married. I even performed the wedding ...

Who hasn't dreamed of winning the lottery or, better yet, coming into a substantial inheritance from a rich relative you never knew about? For one lucky woman, that dream actually became a reality ...

Dear Eric: My best friend and I, both females and in our 60s, used to do everything together. Last year, she met a nice man and after a brief courtship, they married. I even performed the wedding ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I have autism, which makes it difficult to understand social situations -- especially within close friendships. I also tend to be a people-pleaser. My best friend and I met in high ...

Dear Annie: My best friend recently started dating someone new, and ever since, she’s become distant. We used to talk daily; now I’m lucky if she texts back within a week. When we do hang out, he ...

Dear Annie: My best friend recently started dating someone new, and ever since, she’s become distant. We used to talk daily; now I’m lucky if she texts back within a week. When we do hang out, he ...