Friendship

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Is the world really a lonely place, or should some of us just try harder?

Showing up, being nice and not resenting other people’s friendships might just make you feel less isolated.

  • Brodie Lancaster

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Without clear boundaries and communication, friends-with-benefits sex can present complications.

Sex between friends: Is it as uncomplicated as it sounds?

The reality of being “friends with benefits” is that “no strings” rarely means no strings.

  • Caren Chesler
How have Nikol Moses (right) and Alana Goldab (left) kept their years-long friendship alive? Shared effort and a healthy dose of memes.

How to lose friends (and why it’s worth trying to keep them)

In the midst of a loneliness epidemic, focusing on keeping the friends you already have is often forgotten. Here’s how to keep the flames of friendship burning.

  • Nell Geraets
Jim Chalmers is the first treasurer to talk expansively about the gender pay gap and the economic productivity benefits of lifting women’s workforce participation.

I called my friend ‘flighty’ in year 8. It took her decades to tell me how much it stung

Words can crush the listener or soothe them. You must decide how your story is told.

  • Melissa Coburn
Jo Starling says discovering fishing helped her manage PTSD after a sexual assault in her 20s.

Jo was brutally assaulted in her 20s. Finding fishing ‘saved her life’

Women are finding friendship, community and deeper purpose by taking up hobbies - sometimes in male-dominated fields - in midlife.

  • Riley Wilson

My mate offloads his unhealthy food to me. How to tell him I can’t stomach it?

Start with “nah”, writes our Modern Guru.

  • Danny Katz
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‘She knows the younger version of me’: When two friends reunite after 50 years

Workmates in the 1960s, Iris and Moira met in the same aged-care home in Melbourne – happy to have a friend they knew before they were “old ladies”.

  • Susan Horsburgh
Building new male friendships isn’t always a walk in the park. Just ask Tim Robinson.

Why can’t men make friends? Ask Paul Rudd

A new black comedy on male friendship spotlights the challenges men face to make new friends. But there are opportunities, if you know where to find them.

  • Nell Geraets
For those of us from more conservative backgrounds, throwing a party may not come as naturally.

Every Friday at 4pm, I host a house party. It’s been a lifesaver

Life is busier than ever, but we are attending fewer events. Is it time we reclaim the art of celebrating?

  • Amy Molloy
Many men look to their wives as unofficial therapists and social directors. Not all women relish the role.

Women are growing tired of ‘mankeeping’, but it appears to be getting worse

The number of men reporting they have no close friends is on the rise, with more turning to their wives and girlfriends as unofficial therapists.

  • Catherine Pearson