Making friends as an adult can be challenging thanks to competing responsibilities, fewer built-in social structures and less practice. Below, experts share helpful tips for how to improve your social ...

When Shannon Watts, the founder of gun violence prevention group Moms Demand Action, listened to a podcast that stated everyone should have five friends they could call in an emergency, she realized ...

Ms. McCabe is the author of “Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends.” When people find that they are having a hard time making new friends, they often blame their own awkwardness — some failure on their ...

On a recent Thursday evening in downtown Washington, I took a deep breath and walked into a bar. I joined a couple dozen other women who were milling around making small talk and ordering drinks, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I consider myself an introvert. Attending a networking event at a restaurant to make small talk with strangers in hopes of making ...

My wife and I moved to the small town of Nelson, British Columbia, in 2017. The lifestyle and pace here are much better for our family, but it's difficult to make friends. As an adult, I've had to be ...