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The research on dormant ties suggests that reconnecting with someone you've lost touch with is less awkward, and more useful, than it feels in the moment. Here's why the discomfort is misleading.
Life Changes
Ending a relationship often ends a whole social circle at the same time. A look at which tools actually help rebuild one, and which just add another app to check.
Work & Remote Life
When a job, a building, or a school schedule stops throwing you together with someone, the friendship doesn't end automatically. But it does need something to replace the structure that used to do the work for free.
The Science
A new Bristol study links loneliness to worse mental health at scale. The more useful question is why shared activity works better than conversation as a way in.
Making Friends
A 2026 randomised trial gave 1,151 lonely older adults eight half-hour phone calls. The people who got warm conversation did worse than the people who got a plan. Here is what that finding is actually saying.
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