13 Women, 30 Activities and One Goal: Make Friends

I traveled to Morocco with a group-travel company that promises to build “meaningful friendships” among its youngish clientele.

#friendship, #internal-sub-only, #morocco, #parties-social, #travel-and-vacations, #voyages2023, #women-and-girls

Where Did All Your Zoom Friends Go?

They got lost in this weird moment, where the world is caught between crisis and normalcy, nostalgic for house parties — and Houseparty, too.

#clubhouse-mobile-app, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #friendship, #social-media, #zoom-video-communications

How to Make Friends as an Introvert

It can be hard to reconcile the need for close connections with the urge to cancel plans. Experts say it’s a matter of taking control and finding your comfort zone.

#friendship, #loneliness

The Radical Act of Eating With Strangers

What could be more optimistic than dining with eight people you’ve never met in hopes of make a new friend?

#brooklyn-nyc, #bumble-trading-inc, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dinner-with-friends, #friendship, #happiness, #king-marissa, #optimismnow, #parties-social, #psychology-and-psychologists, #tiktok-bytedance, #women-and-girls

In the Archives, Finding Love (Stories)

Journalists have always ventured into the shifting world of romance.

#dating-and-relationships, #friendship, #hanauer-cathi-1962, #happiness, #homosexuality-and-bisexuality, #jones-daniel-1962, #love-emotion, #weddings-and-engagements

Friendship and Love: The Benefits of Platonic Relationships

There is magic in the moment when you realize you’ve found a friend like no other. What if we celebrated that kind of connection more?

#friendship, #love-emotion

Have More Sex, Please!

America is in the midst of a loneliness epidemic. One solution: Everyone should have more sex — as often as they can, as pleasurably as they can.

#dating-and-relationships, #friendship, #loneliness, #men-and-boys, #sex, #united-states, #women-and-girls

How Do You Serve a Friend in Despair?

I learned hard lessons when my oldest friend, Pete, plunged into depression.

#brooks-david, #depression-mental, #friendship, #grief-emotion, #health-insurance-and-managed-care, #marks-peter, #suicides-and-suicide-attempts

One of the Strangest Friendships in Washington

How Tony Perkins, head of the Family Research Council, formed an unlikely friendship with a liberal lawyer.

#bhargava-anurima, #content-type-personal-profile, #discrimination, #evangelical-movement, #freedom-of-religion, #friendship, #human-rights-and-human-rights-violations, #perkins-anthony-richard, #united-states-politics-and-government

Day 7: Keep Happiness Going All Year Long

Just like exercise, or sleep, relationships require maintenance, too.

#friendship, #happiness, #the-good-life-book

Day 6: Don’t Cancel Those Plans

If you think you’ll be happier staying home, you’re wrong.

#content-type-service, #friendship, #happiness, #the-good-life-book

Day 5: The Importance of Work Friends

People who are close to their colleagues are happier and more productive.

#content-type-service, #friendship, #happiness, #internal-sub-only, #the-good-life-book

Day 4: Why You Should Write a ‘Living Eulogy’

Happy people express their gratitude for others.

#content-type-service, #friendship, #happiness, #the-good-life-book

Day 2: The Secret Power of the 8-Minute Phone Call

Even a brief chat has measurable effects on our well-being.

#content-type-service, #conversation, #depression-mental, #friendship, #mental-health-and-disorders, #the-good-life-book

Why Jesus Loved Friendship

A vulnerable God is an essential part of the Christian story.

#bible, #christians-and-christianity, #friendship, #jesus-christ, #love-emotion, #philosophy

How to Help Someone When They’re Sad

A limited yet growing body of research suggests that one of the most powerful ways to support someone is also the simplest: Start a conversation.

#emotions, #friendship, #psychology-and-psychologists, #research

Merry ‘Sismas’: A Holiday Tradition Honors Friendship

For a group of devoted girlfriends, the season shines brighter when they’re together — preferably in a costume, eating some oxtail.

#christmas, #friendship, #parties-social, #vis-photo, #women-and-girls

Why Is It So Hard for Men to Make Close Friends?

American men are stuck in a “friendship recession.” Here’s how to climb out.

#audio-neutral-informative, #content-type-service, #friendship, #loneliness, #men-and-boys

Who Will Care for ‘Kinless’ Seniors?

Nearly one million Americans have no immediate family members to provide assistance if needed. The number is expected to grow.

#age-chronological, #baby-boomers, #elderly, #friendship, #loneliness, #marriages, #single-persons, #united-states

What is Freudenfreude? And How to Cultivate It.

The joy we derive from others’ success comes with many benefits.

#emotions, #empathy, #friendship, #psychology-and-psychologists

Tell Us About Your Friends

Platonic relationships are unsung — and essential. The Times wants to hear about the meaningful friendships in your life and how you’ve maintained them.

#friendship, #internal-reader-callout

She Bought the House Her Mother Cleaned for 43 Years

Nichol Naranjo says she was destined to own the house that was a refuge, “a place to come and catch our breath. And to dream.”

#albuquerque-nm, #friendship, #housekeeper, #internal-sub-only, #memory, #new-mexico, #real-estate-and-housing-residential

Today’s Politics Divide Parties, and Friends and Families, Too

In the latest poll by The New York Times and Siena College, nearly one in five voters said that politics hurt their friendships or family relationships.

#families-and-family-life, #friendship, #polls-and-public-opinion, #united-states-politics-and-government

A Lost Friend on My Mind

Paul disappeared years ago. Yet I see him everywhere.

#autumn-season, #friendship, #grief-emotion, #internal-storyline-no, #missing-persons

What Are Your ‘Non-Negotiables’? Readers Share Wellness Rituals

Reading Nancy Drew. Watching the birds every day. Counting yellow doors. Thousands of Times readers shared their wellness “non-negotiables.”

#anxiety-and-stress, #content-type-service, #friendship, #habits-and-routines-behavior

How Farmers in Colorado Are Taking Care of Their Mental Health

Aching from a string of farmer suicides and other mental health challenges, neighbors in rural eastern Colorado are learning how to check in on one another. But as the drought drags on, is talking enough?

#agriculture-and-farming, #colorado, #drought, #friendship, #global-warming, #mental-health-and-disorders, #rural-areas, #suicides-and-suicide-attempts, #united-states

Making Friends

A psychologist and friendship expert has advice for how to make friends as an adult.

#friendship, #internal-storyline-no, #psychology-and-psychologists

How To Make Friends As An Adult

A friendship expert shares strategies for finding connection in a lonely, disconnected world.

#content-type-service, #franco-marisa-psychologist, #friendship, #loneliness, #platonic-how-the-science-of-attachment-can-help-you-make-and-keep-friends-book

Dating Apps Thrive in China, but Not Just for Romance

China has cracked down on many tech companies, but has allowed dating apps that provide social connections to flourish.

#beijing-bytedance-technology-co-ltd, #blued-mobile-app, #china, #computers-and-the-internet, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #dating-and-relationships, #douyin-bytedance, #friendship, #innovation, #loneliness, #mobile-applications, #netease-com-inc, #online-dating, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #regulation-and-deregulation-of-industry, #social-media, #tencent-holdings-ltd, #tinder-mobile-app

How to Nurse a Vulnerability Hangover

That thing you shared last night? It’s probably just fine.

#anxiety-and-stress, #content-type-service, #conversation, #friendship, #loneliness

How Family and Friends Helped Get Me Through the Pandemic

As Covid raged, many Americans hunkered down with family members and relied on friends — and some came away with deepened relationships. Here are a few of their stories.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #families-and-family-life, #friendship, #pregnancy-and-childbirth, #quarantine-life-and-culture, #single-persons, #stroke, #thankyou2022

The Post-Colonoscopy Male Friendship Test

What the pandemic, parenthood and nomadism took away from my life, I replaced with surprisingly intimate connections with other men.

#colonoscopy, #dating-and-relationships, #friendship, #men-and-boys

The Unexpected Power of Random Acts of Kindness

New research shows small gestures matter even more than we may think.

#dating-and-relationships, #friendship

How Quitting a Job Changed My Relationships

We asked people who quit during the “Great Resignation” how it helped them reconnect with their loved ones. This is what they told us.

#families-and-family-life, #friendship, #great-resignation, #labor-and-jobs, #parenting

Social Media Is Awful. Group Chats Can Be a Refuge.

In the apocalyptic landscape of our algorithmically juiced culture wars, a group chat is a refuge.

#computers-and-the-internet, #customs-etiquette-and-manners, #friendship, #instant-messaging, #social-media, #twitter

Did the Pandemic Deepen Relationships in Your Life? We Want To Hear About It.

Tell us about relationships that started during the pandemic and ones that have evolved or been shaped by the last few years.

#coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-reopenings, #dating-and-relationships, #families-and-family-life, #friendship, #love-emotion

What Is It About Friendships That Is So Powerful?

They not only make you happier; they can make you richer.

#chetty-raj, #children-and-childhood, #christakis-nicholas-a, #friendship, #income-inequality, #poverty, #united-states

‘Friending Bias’

A large new study offers clues about how lower-income children can rise up the economic ladder.

#children-and-childhood, #friendship, #income-inequality, #internal-storyline-no, #research, #united-states-economy

Reunited in Bucha, a Ukrainian Family Comes to Terms With War’s Traumas

As flowers bloom amid the wreckage, the Kyiv suburb synonymous with atrocity feels almost normal again. But the lives of the people there may never be.

#bucha-ukraine, #civilian-casualties, #defense-and-military-forces, #friendship, #murders-attempted-murders-and-homicides, #mykolaiv-ukraine, #russian-invasion-of-ukraine-2022, #ukraine, #war-crimes-genocide-and-crimes-against-humanity

The Magic of Your First Work Friends

Early-career connections can be life-defining. For young people entering the work force today, the connections over Zoom are shaky.

#friendship, #kahneman-daniel, #labor-and-jobs, #lewis-michael, #loneliness, #telecommuting, #tversky-amos, #workplace-environment

The Power of a Casual Check-in Text

New research says most of us underestimate the power of the casual check-in.

#dating-and-relationships, #friendship

He Had a Dark Secret. It Changed His Best Friend’s Life.

Tin Chin and Mo Lin were inseparable at the homeless shelter. But one of the men wasn’t who he seemed to be.

#audio-negative-sad, #audio-positive-happy, #brooklyn-nyc, #content-type-personal-profile, #friendship, #homeless-persons, #illegal-immigration, #immigration-and-emigration, #manhattan-nyc

Does Your Nose Help Pick Your Friends?

In a small study, researchers in an olfaction lab found that people who had an instant personal connection also had similarities in their body odors.

#brain, #friendship, #nose, #smells-and-odors, #your-feed-science

If I Get Canceled, I Want Friends, Not Allies

I want friends whose minds are not tethered to mine in bonds of allegiance but spin freely of their own accord.

#ethics-personal, #friendship, #philosophy, #social-media

The Mental Toll of Keeping a Secret

In a new book, Michael Slepian considers the costs of keeping quiet.

#books-and-literature, #children-and-childhood, #content-type-personal-profile, #friendship

How Many Close Friends Do You Need in Adulthood?

Social circles were shrinking even before the pandemic. Here’s what the science says about the number of close friendships we should have.

#friendship, #loneliness, #psychology-and-psychologists, #research

We’re in a Loneliness Crisis: Another Reason to Get Off Our Phones

We need to reconnect with material things: nature, soil, our bodies and other people in real life.

#dating-and-relationships, #food, #friendship, #internal-sub-only-nl, #loneliness, #pollan-michael, #social-media

Reconsidering the Spice Girls: How Manufactured Girl Power Became Real

Even as the girl group topped the charts, it was dismissed as a pop confection. Twenty-five years later, its legacy is still being written.

#friendship, #movies, #pop-and-rock-music, #spice-girls-music-group, #spice-world-movie, #women-and-girls, #womens-rights, #youth

Books About Death and Grief Can Bring Hope

The saddest stories can show us how full of grace the fallen world can be.

#books-and-literature, #death-and-dying, #friendship, #grief-emotion, #love-emotion, #what-we-wish-were-true-book, #writing-and-writers

How to Make Friends After a Pandemic — and Why You Should

The more efficient our lives get, the lazier we are about making and keeping friends.

#buddhism, #coronavirus-2019-ncov, #coronavirus-return-to-office, #friendship, #loneliness, #quarantines, #sociology