Friendship is the great undertreated subject of adult life. Romance has a thousand etiquette books; family gets therapy and holidays; friendship gets a heart emoji and a hope that nobody moves. We give it the same serious attention the other relationships get.

The desk reports on what actually maintains adult friendships across the years that try them, the move, the new baby, the diverging income, the slow fade nobody named. Long-form on the texture of close friendships, working guides to the awkward middles (how to repair a falling-out, how to ask for more without making it weird), and stories that make you want to text someone before you finish reading.