After nearly a decade of close friendship, a reader is hurt and mystified by the radio silence from a woman who was in her wedding party just a year ago. By Philip Galanes My best friend and ...

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Friendship is supposed to be a two-way street — you show up for each other in good times and bad. But sometimes, you realize you’ve been giving far more than you’ve been getting. One reader shared how ...

A reader is eager to patch things over with her best friend and her boyfriend after they had a tryst behind her back. But should she be? By Philip Galanes I recently discovered that my (male) partner, ...

Dear Abby gives advice to a woman whose friend left her off the guest list for her wedding. VlaDee - stock.adobe.com DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling with the end of a friendship that has meant the world to ...

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Our advice columnists have heard it all over the years—so we’re diving into the Dear Prudence archives to share classic letters with our readers. Submit your own questions to Prudie here. It’s all of ...

Dear Annie: My fiance, “Mark,” and I are getting married in six months, and there’s one issue I can’t shake. His best friend, “Tyler,” makes me uncomfortable. Tyler has a history of cheating, drinking ...

Is there anything more gutting than realizing your best friend never cared about you as much as you cared about her? When someone you'd drop everything for shows you, plainly, that you were never as ...