Social awkwardness aside, it’s simply harder to meet new people as an adult, when you no longer have shared high school classes or a college dorm room. Add in long work hours, a fear of rejection, and ...

At some point during your tenure in therapy, your therapist will ask you about your social outlets. They refer to friends, acquaintances, colleagues, or any meaningful relationships (that aren’t ...

Gone are the days of starting friendships by walking up to a group playing basketball in the quadrangle and asking them to ‘pass it to me’. As adults, lads are already in cliques, and established ...

Making friends as an adult can be challenging thanks to competing responsibilities, fewer built-in social structures and less practice. Below, experts share helpful tips for how to improve your social ...

TV shows, from “How I Met Your Mother” to “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” sell the fantasy that roommates, classmates or cubicle neighbors should naturally evolve into lifelong confidants. In a recent column, I ...