5 Ways to Stay Friends When Life Divides


Updated 09/28/10 12:34 PM · Posted by TresSugar · 1 comment

Keeping Old Friends in College

Last night on Gossip Girl, best frenemies Blair and Serena face yet another challenge when they start college (for real this year). Blair, for once, is the popular one when she's accepted into the private, elite, and entirely made-up Hamilton Club at Columbia, while Serena finds herself on the wrong side of its ivy-covered walls. Of course, Serena's well-connected mother works it all out in 42 Read more

Should Your Boyfriend Also Be Your Best Friend?


Updated 08/14/09 9:44 PM · Posted by · 52 comments

Should Your Boyfriend Also Be Your Best Friend?

When you meet someone and fall in love, you can't help but want to spend most of your free time with him or her. And when you spend that much time with one person, and share a unique intimacy you don't share with anyone else, they become the person you trust more than anyone else. All these qualities are what you'd find in a best friend, but should your lover also be your BFF? In a recent Real Read more

This or That: Bailing For Better Scenery or a Boy?


Updated 10/04/08 1:03 PM · Posted by · 17 comments

This or That: Bailing For Better Scenery or a Boy?

You and your closest friend have finally been fortunate enough to live in the same city for the past year, for the first time since high school. She moves around a lot and is always searching for the next best place. It’s been amazing having her around and your life feels full in a way you just can’t get from a boyfriend. But when she says she needs to meet you to talk, you’re instantly Read more

Do Tell: How Did You Meet Your Best Friend?


Updated 02/28/11 4:00 PM · Posted by · 59 comments

Do Tell: How Did You Meet Your Best Friend?

There's nothing like a best friend! The importance of having someone you can turn to and trust without a moment of hesitancy is infinitely important in this hectic world. But the friendship that you have with a best friend is more than just the day-to-day stuff, it’s also about the memories you create with one another along the way. So let’s take a trip down memory lane and share the story of Read more

Handle This: Dating Someone 20 Years Older


Updated 12/19/10 4:25 PM · Posted by · 31 comments

Handle This: Dating Someone 20 Years Older

You’ve been close with your best friend since you were kids, and you’ve witnessed her love life every step of the way. After a difficult end to a doomed engagement, she’s been having a hard time moving on. Next thing you know she’s taken up with a man 20 years older than her. He spoils her rotten, and seems to care about her deeply. You know some people think that age is just a number, Read more

A Do or a Don't: Talking It Out With Your Friends


Updated 08/09/08 7:35 PM · Posted by · 12 comments

A Do or a Don't: Talking It Out With Your Friends

Whenever a problem should arise in a relationship, communication is nearly always the best method to finding the solution, but is that true for friendships as well? Friendships aren’t meant to be a challenge, so it seems almost counterintuitive to assume that there will be issues you have to work through, but as we all know, stuff does come up even between the best of friends. So when it does, Read more

Do Tell: What Makes Your Best Friend So Special?


Updated 01/11/10 2:32 PM · Posted by · 27 comments

Do Tell: What Makes Your Best Friend So Special?

Today is National Friendship Day, so to celebrate, I want to take this opportunity to let you all talk about someone else — your best friend! As you all know, I've known mine since kindergarten, and she's actually become more like a sister to me. She's the first person I go to with anything because no matter what, I know she'll support me, listen to me, and offer a shoulder to cry on. She's Read more

Dear Poll: Does Your Best Friend Live Nearby?


Updated 06/05/08 7:39 AM · Posted by · 48 comments

Dear Poll: Does Your Best Friend Live Nearby?

Long-distance relationships are tough, but so are long-distance friendships! If you're lucky enough to have your best friend living in the same town, you probably get to see her pretty regularly. But it can be tough — and potentially expensive — when BFFs live halfway across the country or world. What's your situation? Source Dear Poll: Does Your Best Friend Live Nearby? Yes. Read more

Dear Poll: Do You Consider Your Significant Other Your Best Friend?


Updated 01/24/09 8:56 AM · Posted by · 38 comments

Dear Poll: Do You Consider Your Significant Other Your Best Friend?

One of the best parts about dating that special someone is that he or she is not only your lover but your friend, too. While maintaining pre-boyfriend friendships is important, some people aren't as eager since they feel like they have everything they need condensed into one person. I personally think there's a big difference between the relationships we have with our BFFs versus the ones we have Read more

You Asked: His Best Friend Hates Me


Updated 05/19/08 5:40 PM · Posted by · 20 comments

You Asked: His Best Friend Hates Me

Dear Sugar, Although I wasn't actually looking, I met a guy online through a forum and we just fell for each other. We have known each other about two years now but declared our feelings for each other within the last year. He says he really loves me, and I love him. He lives in another country, so obviously it's a long-distance relationship. I have never met him in person but we talk on the Read more