We like to think we make our own romantic decisions, following our hearts and learning from experience. But our friends’ relationships hold more influence over our love lives than we care to admit.

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We often hear that romantic love is the most important kind of love. Finding your soulmate is the ultimate goal for many people. But sometimes the best love comes from our friends, as two lifelong ...

Jealousy is a common feeling we all experience from time to time—sometimes even unconsciously. We commonly notice jealousy in the context of romantic relationships. This mere emotion is not something ...

Sunday, May 5, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17. In today’s Gospel, Jesus cuts right through the modern ...

“Best friend” is a term that seems to have been invented in the twentieth century, perhaps even in the second half of that century. My parents never used the term “best friend,” but my friends and I ...

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With her decades-long marriage to husband Carl Dean, and her countless friends, Dolly Parton was a wellspring of wisdom when ...

The message arrived the way most of our conversations always had—casual, borderless, unannounced. It was just after midnight in New York, the end of a Thursday night spent scrolling TikTok. We had ...