Create an account or log in to save stories. NINA MOINI: February is often a month of the year that people get together to celebrate love, relationships, friendships, and connections. But finding ...

A few months prior to the pandemic—that blissful, not-knowing-what’s-about-to-come-upon-us time (or maybe not so blissful)—is when it began. I lived as a single mom with two teen boys at home. One had ...

In 2024, Aidan Ryan posted on Reddit that he was looking for someone in San Diego to play chess with in person. Mark Laturno replied, and they started playing weekly at local bars. As the weeks went ...

Twenty-something women in Houston are boxing, candle making, painting, attending movie screenings and playing pickleball, all in search of one thing: female friendship. Social clubs have popped up all ...

Those days when we made friends on the playground or greeted new neighbors with housewarming gifts — they seem so far away. Let’s be so for real, making new friends in one of the country’s ...