Amidst a collective understanding of "everything is f**cked," 21-year-old Sukhnidh Kaur figured out how to be more 'around' for her friends.

A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

Jealousy can be beneficial for friendships, as it makes people work harder to keep their friend happy.

Disparagement humor, the fancy term for your sick burns, acts as a social lubricant, putting people at ease around each other.

There's a limit to how many relationships we can keep going at any given time.

Close friendships with co-workers can help us perform better -- or they can distract and drain us emotionally.

This brand of female friendship is too familiar -- where one's always in the spotlight and another's in the shadows.

The phrase "can I ____?" will take you a long way.

It's a model for female friendship that minimizes comparison and maximizes confidence.

Imagine a strong female character without the usual accompanying toxicity.

The monthly tradition serves up social and intellectual stimulation.

Ride-or-die relationships don't have to be romantic.

A struggling teen isn't necessarily a lonely one.

I grew up with Sex and The City. There is a generation of us SATC girls who classified ourselves as Mirandas, Charlottes, Carries and Samanthas. We all believed in BFFs and sistas before mistas, and more. And then we grew up, thankfully 

PROBLEM: Okay, so I have a “girl gang” group chat. But one of the girls always has to make it about herself! If she is going on a date, we need to know. If her day is going badly, then we 

PROBLEM: A friend of mine has recently shut me out on social media. We’re still friends on Facebook, cordial whenever we speak and we never really had any kind of altercation or falling-out. But why did she unfollow me on Instagram and 

PROBLEM: I’ve got a friend with major elevator eyes. Every time we meet, she looks me up and down, and then makes a comment about something I’m wearing, or my appearance. She’s not being mean, her comments are innocuous at worst, 

PROBLEM: I have a friend who won’t stop posting selfies of her in bikinis and other over-the-top selfies on her social media. I’m fairly certain this is a desperate bid for attention, but her glamour selfies are getting a bit embarrassing.