Even for the friendliest and luckiest among us, it’s still possible to feel lonely.
Welcome to Lean On Me – a weekly agony aunt style column from Metro.co.uk where Kate Leaver answers your friendship woes.ut the flip side is that I feel a bit sad and lonely for not having the can-call-all-hours, intense, wonderful friendships that are often being described.
It doesn’t stop it from hurting, but it might minimise the panic a little, or quieten the voice in your head telling you that somehow it’s your fault.It’s a nasty, pernicious thing, and it can strike at any time, even in the presence of our loveliest friends and even when we know we have a support network around us.I cherish my friends with all my heart and I’m lucky to have them, but that doesn’t inoculate me.
They definitely sometimes forget how important they are to one another and put their careers, their partners or their kids first. It’s just how things work, lovely Tanya. We are, none of us, members of the shiny, perfect girl gang you’re imagining.The TV show Friends has done us a disservice in that regard, making us think we are all owed the perfect five friends who meet up for coffee before, during and after work days.
Sometimes loneliness comes to us when we’re keeping shallow, superficial friendships in our lives. It sneaks in, while we’re doing small talk with someone who doesn’t really matter to us.
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