THE G3T JOURNAL
Stories, research and helpful ideas about meeting people, discovering your city and seeing familiar faces again.
Friendship science
When meeting someone new, finding one thing in common can make conversation easier. Does similarity actually change how people respond to an initial.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
It is intuitively appealing to think that more friendships lead directly to better health. But the direction of influence is complicated: people who feel.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
Headlines sometimes reduce social research to 'friendship makes you live longer.' The strongest studies deserve more care than that slogan. A 2010 PLOS.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
'Adults make fewer friends as they age' is a common line, but it compresses several separate questions. Are networks smaller? Do people see friends less.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
Some new conversations stay stuck at the weather. Others become intensely personal before either person knows whether the connection is safe. Finding the.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
Two people can leave the same conversation with different views of how close they are. That is uncomfortable to admit, but it is useful when building new.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
Friendships do not necessarily disappear because people stop caring. Lives change: partners arrive, children need attention, work hours shift and moves.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
A person's social world is not just a number of friends. It can include family, close friends, neighbors, coworkers, activity companions and people met.
2026-10-24
Friendship science
The idea that a set of intimate questions can instantly create friendship is appealing. The research behind the popular "36 questions" format is more nuanced. Structured.
2026-10-23
Friendship science
Repeated encounters feel important to friendship because recognition removes some of the effort of starting over. Psychology does support a role for familiarity, but it is easy to.
2026-10-23
Friendship science
You may have seen the claim that friendship takes a precise number of hours. The more useful finding is less tidy: time together is associated with growing closeness, but what.
2026-10-23
Friendship science
You can feel lonely in a crowded room and content while spending a quiet weekend alone. That is why loneliness and social isolation should not be used interchangeably. The World.
2026-10-23