Friendships

Friendships bring immense joy, but they also come with their own set of challenges. Here, Caroline Butterwick helps us deal with our differences and save our friendships (or let them go).

Let’s stop mirroring the one-way traffic of texts, voice-notes and social
media stories, and communicate collaboratively, writes Emma Reed

It can be hard to know how to set boundaries, let alone maintain a boundary with a friend, family member or colleague. Try these tips.

An age gap in friendship can open you to the potential of new experiences and a fresh perspective. Find out what happens when you form a friendship that’s based on mutual interests and shared values.

Friendship is a human need, but if you’re hooked on the idea of a group dynamic, you may be seeking the wrong tribe in the wrong place. Emma Reed discovers how belonging can be found without a large posse of pals

Do you find it hard to relate to a friend who seems driven by money? It can be hard when we lose the connection we once had with our friends, but are there ways in which you can re-kindle your friendship that don’t cost anything? Here our agony aunt Mary Fenwick gives advice to a reader who is struggling to talk to an old friend…

Why is it that our friends are often around the same age as us? It might seem easier to stick with your own generation but, says Eleanor Tucker, there’s a lot to be gained from friendships across the gap

Feel as if you are always the one helping friends out and making them feel special, but it’s never given back to you in return? Agony Aunt Mary Fenwick answers a real reader’s dilemma with advice about feeling let down by friends…