If your best friend is getting married soon, you're probably wondering how much to gift them on their best day ever. Here's some advice on how much makes sense for 2025.

In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who isn't sure how to help their longtime friend who is suffering from a mental illness.

A 2023 study by Hawkins et al. found that children with strong, positive bonds to their dogs reported higher wellbeing, happiness, quality of life, greater social satisfaction, and lower loneliness.

Money talk is fueling a disagreement between best friends. A woman explained on Mumsnet that she’s feeling ’irked’ after her best friend that she’s known ‘for over half of our lives’ requested they split the cost of gas for their upcoming girls’ trip.

If you're of the mindset that you found your closest friends by luck of the draw, you might want to think again — literally. According to research on neurological activity based on fMRI scans, you and your best friend are quite literally on the same wavelength when it comes to brain activity.

DEAR ABBY: I found out that, behind my back, my best friend has been (secretly) growing hair for the past year. He knows I have been balding for many years. Although I have accepted my follicular fate, he knows I constantly search for self-improvement in my life.

The best friend and roommate of suspected political assassin Vance Boelter said that he got a chilling final text message from the suspected killer just hours after the shootings

DEAR ERIC: I have a dear friend that I have known for 12 years. I have watched her grow into a beautiful, smart and talented young woman. Our views on relationships, politics and lifestyle (love of travel, no kids etc.) are in complete alignment. I now realize that I am really in love with my best friend.