The friendship advice experts swear by
Here are their tips.
From The Times
March 26, 2026

Finding friendship and maintaining connections in adulthood can be hard. “Third places” where people go to hang out are disappearing, and the pandemic caused a lot of friends to fall out of touch.

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See experts’ tips on how to make and keep friends.

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