You don't have to live in the same town or — or even the same country — as your best friend to maintain a strong friendship. Even so, it can be challenging to live far away from your favorite people.

If you see Alexandria Agresta breaking into a wide grin, one of her best friends—who lives thousands of miles away—probably just sent her a meme or an inspirational quote from Instagram. The person ...

Long-distance relationships are the definition of bittersweet. It’s so fun to be together, but so heartbreaking to have to say goodbye. You feel so lucky to love someone so much, but so sad you can’t ...

I've been drifting apart from two friends over the past few years. In the first instance, I felt abandoned after working hard to maintain a long-distance friendship. When I finally confronted her a ...

This is part of Advice Week: Friendship Edition. We’ll help you make friends, leave them—and even sleep with them. Tragedy struck shortly before the start of second grade. My best friend, Ricarda, who ...

After college graduation, my two freshman roomies-turned-best friends moved to opposite sides of the country while I stayed in the Midwest. They were my people. And then as life would have it, ...

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It’s easy to stay close with the buddies you can catch up with over dinner or spontaneously visit on a lazy Sunday. But a long-distance friendship doesn’t come with those built-in moments—and without ...