AI chatbots could help with loneliness, but a Yale professor says there's a catch

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A person use ChatGPT on a smartphone to search for information about the causes of headaches in March 2026
AI may solve loneliness, but at the cost of our people skills.

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We moved so my 80-year-old wife could attend Cambridge University. The loneliness and shifting responsibilities have been tough.

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We've had to move countries, take pay cuts, and rearrange our lives so my wife can get this prestigious degree.

Barry Rueger

I'm the organizer in my friend group. Someone has to be, or we'd never see each other.

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The author is the one organizing friends' hangouts.

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I changed my location on a dating app to find love outside the US. It's worked better than I ever imagined.

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After a few weeks of changing my location on a dating app to find matches outside of the United States, I'd gotten close to a guy in Paris. Now, we're exclusive and I'm trying to relocate abroad.

Sarah Gallucci

High-functioning depression can be hard to spot, a psychiatrist says. People-pleasing can hide it even more.

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Dr. Judith Joseph
Dr. Judith Joseph researches high-functioning depression.

Dr. Judith Joseph

The baby boomer divorce boom is reshaping retirement and inheritance

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Older Wedding figurines stand back-to-back on separated white cake as U.S. dollar bills float around them.

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Baby boomers are having some second thoughts about the whole "till death do us part" thing. Instead of waiting for someone to land in a coffin to go their separate ways, they're going to the courthouse.

Michelle Obama says Barack Obama gave her the 'forward push' she didn't always have

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Michelle and Barack Obama walking hand in hand.
Michelle Obama says she and her husband, Barack Obama, are "each other's counterbalance."

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Seth Rogen says the key to his 15-year marriage is accepting one reality about relationships

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Seth Rogen and Lauren Miller Rogen.
Seth Rogen said a healthy relationship involves partners who love each other, treat each other kindly, and are sexually attracted to each other.

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My partner is 17 years older than me. I've started doing 'grief math' when I think about our future.

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The author and her partner.
The author and her partner met when she was n29 and he was 46. Now that he's 57, she's timing more about how their future will look.

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Planning to live with my boyfriend pushed us to finally discuss finances. Instead of moving in together, we broke up.

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The writer wearing hiking gear and standing in the woods.
My partner and I had plans to move in together, but having tough conversations about money made me realize we weren't aligned.

Sage Rubinstein

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