We like to think we make our own romantic decisions, following our hearts and learning from experience. But our friends’ relationships hold more influence over our love lives than we care to admit.

Here’s why some friendships in your life slowly turn into a one-sided responsibility as opposed to a shared adventure.

Ryan, teary-eyed, stared off and said to me, "I think Lisa dumped me because she kept telling her friends I was a jerk. I swear, man, I treated her great. But she and her friends took it way out of ...

Leslie Knope said it: It's the best day of the year!

They were best friends for 10 years before their relationship blossomed into something more. Andrea and Mica George-Michaud met at freshmen orientation in 2008 at a small, private Downriver high ...

A new UC Berkeley study shows that the so-called love hormone, oxytocin, is also critical for the formation of friendships. Oxytocin is released in the brain during sex, childbirth, breastfeeding and ...