The pain we feel when we're left out isn't because we haven't recovered from middle school, according to an expert.

In today's Dear Annie column, a lonely parent in their late 40s feels like the “backup friend” and asks how to find real ...

It’s a spa weekend in the Cotswolds for 12 of her ‘favorite girls,’ and apparently I didn’t make the cut,” the woman wrote ...

Dear Annie: I have been part of the same group of friends for more than 30 years. About a decade ago, when I got married, I asked one of them, someone I considered like a sister, to be my maid of ...

My best friend is throwing a retirement party for her mom. My parents were invited, so I thought it would be OK to ask my friend if I could tag along. She responded by telling me how much it hurt her ...

We're currently living in a "crisis of belonging," according to social psychologist Geoff Cohen, where many Americans are suffering from social isolation and loneliness at incredibly high levels. They ...