I pride myself in being a loyal, good friend. However, recently I have run into a problem. I don’t know how to handle myself in the company of people that my close friends consider their “enemies.” In ...

My parents introduced me to my best friend when I was 19, hoping she would be a good mentor for me. Now, more than 10 years later, I consider her my best friend. Despite our 45-year difference — or ...

If you missed Part 1, click here. Source: Pixabay/aszak/Public domain. Plato ostensibly devoted an entire book, the Lysis, to defining philia, which, unlike Aristotle, he was reluctant to distinguish ...

Tonight we are still trying to suture together some severed and severely damaged friendships. I hope we are getting close to a healing or some kind of a breakthrough, but something tells me it is not ...

I am blessed, as is my son, by the generosity of two friends. These two, husband and wife, have far exceeded the boundaries of friendship. They have touched our lives in countless ways since, as a ...

Today has traditionally been set aside as Friendship Day, a time to honor the role friends have in our lives. This day of celebrating friendship actually began back in 1935 when the United States ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Actresses Irene Maiorino and Alba Caterina Rohrwacher on the television series "My Brilliant Friend," based on a novel by Elena ...