
You and your closest friend have finally been fortunate enough to live in the same city for the past year, for the first time since high school. She moves around a lot and is always searching for the next best place. It’s been amazing having her around and your life feels full in a way you just can’t get from a boyfriend.

There's nothing like a best friend! The importance of having someone you can turn to and trust without a moment of hesitancy is infinitely important in this hectic world. But the friendship that you have with a best friend is more than just the day-to-day stuff, it’s also about the memories you create with one another along the way.

You’ve been close with your best friend since you were kids, and you’ve witnessed her love life every step of the way. After a difficult end to a doomed engagement, she’s been having a hard time moving on.
Next thing you know she’s taken up with a man 20 years older than her.

Whenever a problem should arise in a relationship, communication is nearly always the best method to finding the solution, but is that true for friendships as well? Friendships aren’t meant to be a challenge, so it seems almost counterintuitive to assume that there will be issues you have to work through, but as we all know, stuff does come up even between the best of friends. So when it does, do you just take the hands-off approach and let things work out (or not) naturally?

Today is
National Friendship Day, so to celebrate, I want to take this opportunity to let you all talk about someone else — your best friend! As you all know,
I've known mine since kindergarten, and she's actually become more like a sister to me. She's the first person I go to with anything because no matter what, I know she'll support me, listen to me, and offer a shoulder to cry on.
Long-distance relationships are tough, but so are long-distance friendships! If you're lucky enough to have your
best friend living in the same town, you probably get to see her pretty regularly. But it can be tough — and potentially expensive — when BFFs live halfway across the country or world.

One of the best parts about dating that special someone is that he or she is not only your lover but your friend, too. While maintaining pre-boyfriend friendships is important, some people aren't as eager since they feel like they have everything they need condensed into one person. I personally think there's a big difference between the relationships we have with our
BFFs versus the ones we have with our significant others, but what's your stance on this issue?

Dear Sugar,
Although I wasn't actually looking, I met a guy online through a forum and we just fell for each other. We have known each other about two years now but declared our feelings for each other within the last year. He says he really loves me, and I love him.

We all want our friends to be happy, and often times that means giving them the space they need to live their own lives, but that can be particularly difficult when we've grown accustom to a certain level of presence and friendship. When our closest friends fall in love and embark on serious romances, it can often leave us, well, missing them and feeling a little hollow. To learn ways to aid in this adjustment,
- You know all those things that you keep saying you'll do when you have free time?

Dear Sugar,
My best friend and I had been close since the seventh grade. Seven months ago, I met her boyfriend. He was cute and funny and great to be with.