Chris Duffy isn't going to sugarcoat it: Making friends as an adult is hard. If you’ve ever tried to figure out exactly how to ask a potential platonic connection for their number—or word that first ...

A few weeks ago, I asked the BuzzFeed Community for your best advice on making friends as an adult. Your responses were just so wonderful. I loved reading them. They gave me that excited feeling like ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." It’s hard to argue the joy and feeling of true safety that comes from having real, supportive, caring ...

Practical tips for making meaningful friendships as an adult. Many adults are lonely because they have no friends. Childhood friends may live far away, or those relationships might have faded over ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Making friends as an adult? Weirdly hard. Like, harder than deciding if you should get bangs. Once you’re ...

I love the small town my family and I moved to, but it's been hard to make friends as an adult. I've had to be more ...

Making friends as an adult is strangely difficult. When we were young, all we needed was to be herded into the same classroom ...

Dear Eric: I retired a couple of years ago. Like many people, I’ve realized that most of my friends and acquaintances were work-related. My family doesn’t live close, and I’ve always been a loner, so ...

Asking Eric: Asked to provide a dessert but offered no invitation to party Asking Eric: You’re owed a thank you Asking Eric: How do I stop thinking of her? Asking Eric: I feel like I am stepping on ...

I've lived my 20s as a part-time nomad, flip-flopping between New York City and Washington, D.C., wandering around Haiti for two summers, and spending six months in Trinidad and Tobago. I settled in ...

Many things get better as we age—we get better at advocating for ourselves, we get more comfortable with who we are, we learn what matters to us and let the stuff that doesn't fall away. One thing ...