Relationships
Dating, friendships, colleagues, and more — Vox explores how to think about relationships in life.
Expert-approved advice that’ll help you rethink romance.
Can all the TikTok tattletales please calm down?
Parents can have a great relationship with their kids without being their friend.
If your friends have started throwing lavish, time-intensive birthday celebrations, here’s how to navigate.
We already rely on AI to find our soulmate, and soon we might use it to hack death. But we risk losing what it means to be human.
An idea for an era when Americans are lonelier than ever.
Why it’s so appealing to use pop psychology terms — and when to stop.
You don’t need to make new friends to have a fulfilling social life.
Maybe the world doesn’t need to know every thought you’ve ever had.
An adapted excerpt from Lane Moore’s You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult.
Cities are finally starting to build more housing — but not for people with kids.
Text a friend, write a thank-you note, compliment a stranger — people appreciate these gestures.
Treat sleep like it’s a friend, make a single-item to-do list, and other unexpected ways to improve your life.
A non-stressful approach to figuring out what guides you.
It’s easy to give a bad apology. Here’s how to give a good one.
You can minimize the pain of a grudge, even if you’re not ready to forgive.
Be validating and specific when extending a helping hand.
A neuroscientist’s studies show that altruism isn’t always attractive.
“It never would have happened if it weren’t for the pandemic.”
This period of social distancing may increase our loneliness, but it’s really only exacerbating a problem that’s been building for years.
Hard to mix and mingle when you live in an auto-dependent suburban castle.
After my husband died, I didn’t know how to date.
It’s hard to know what to say to a friend who is grieving. Here’s what you should keep in mind.
Ice dance is about selling romance. Olympic gold medalists Virtue and Moir are brilliant marketers.
Health experts see online dating as the new frontier for STD prevention — but major sites don’t want to engage.
But that’s not a bad thing!
True friendship forces you to keep coming back, even when it’s hard. Am I willing to do that?
Everyone has a ghost story.
Why Paula and Rebecca are the true love story of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.
At 30, I’m not anxious about my biological clock or my career. I’m anxious about making friends.
Emma Cline’s terrific debut novel reads like My So-Called Life with cults. That’s a compliment.
“Two truths and a lie”: surprisingly effective!
Male friendships are supposed to be simple. Mine wasn’t.
A Georgetown linguist analyzed hours’ worth of conversations between mothers and their adult daughters. Here’s what she found out.
The stubborn, perplexing, enduring power of old-fashioned courtship rituals.
Being comfortable around your relatives can actually lead to more conflict.