"People are in your life for a reason, a season, or a lifetime . . . If a friendship is strong, then it will survive change. If it is less strong, then it will not, but that doesn't mean you shouldn't cherish all the good times you had." That's how user Onlysourcherry responded yesterday when I asked how you cope when your friends make lifestyle changes, like getting married or having kids. On Read more

We don't need the Bridesmaid movie trailer to know it can be hard for single friends to adjust to a best friend's engagement. When you're still far from the aisle, excitement for your friend can get mixed with melancholy thoughts that things won't be the same. Marriage isn't the only lifestyle change that can spark feelings of isolation. Perhaps you've had to get used to friends having kids, Read more

Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent, authors of How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, and the just-released Live Like a Hot Chick. It’s relatively easy to make friends in high school or college when you’re living in a giant building with thousands of other co-eds who are going through the same experiences as you. Once Read more

Here's a post from OnSugar blog Rantings of a Single Girl. I had a wonderful vacation.  Wonderful.  It was so great to see my best friend again and meet my nephew.  We had a great time just hanging out and catching up.  Getting to cuddle with the baby was a great stress reliever as well.  It was so hard to leave and come home. When I got home, I can't tell you how badly my heart ached.  My Read more

Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent, authors of How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, and the just-released Live Like a Hot Chick. Ending a friendship can be just as heartbreaking and confusing as breaking up with a boyfriend. It’s hard to find a reliable, trustworthy friend who understands you, doesn’t judge you or Read more

Editor's note: The following is a guest post written by Jodi Lipper and Cerina Vincent, authors of How to Eat Like a Hot Chick, How to Love Like a Hot Chick, and the just-released Live Like a Hot Chick. As frustrating and heartbreaking as they can be, mother/daughter dilemmas are completely normal and a part of almost every mother/daughter duo. If one of these common problems is threatening your Read more

This post was written by hausfrau in the TrèsSugar Community group Citizen Sugar Happy Hour. I have a good girlfriend who is in the middle of making one of those huge, life altering decisions. We've talked and talked, examined every angle, repeated ourselves over and over, but she is still undecided. Note: I don't mind talking over and over, it helps me consider everything. She is moderately Read more

Ever feel like you lost a friend to her new relationship? You might be one of the unlucky friends who didn't make the cut. According to a report presented at the British Science Festival, the average person (man or woman) has five close friends, and the start of a new relationship results in the loss of two close friends on average for both partners. Maybe that's why there are only four friends Read more

This question comes from a Group Therapy post in our TrèsSugar Community. Add your advice in the comments! Overall, I would say that I have a good life, but it feels like something is missing. I moved to my current town 9 years ago to attend college and I remained here after graduation. I really have enjoyed my time here. I have met some really good people. Since it is a college town though, it Read more

Whether it's girlfriends or guys, friends usually bring drama in our lives, but we love them anyway. And we should! Researchers at Brigham Young University and University of North Carolina combed through 148 studies and more than 300,000 people to determine a strong social network adds 3.7 years onto life. People with no social support have a mortality rate equal to alcoholics, even higher than Read more