RULE TO BREAK
Friends are for life
Apparently we can all manage to maintain a relationship with around 150 friends. It’s called Dunbar’s Number, after the scientist who identified it. Actually, it’s not an exact number, and could lie anywhere between 100 and 230, but that doesn’t matter. The point is that it’s finite. We’re talking here about proper friends, people you can have a meaningful relationship with, who you can interact with. We’re not talking about the number of people who might be following you on Twitter or Facebook, or who you’d nod at if you passed them in the street.
As you go through life, you meet new people. Some of them you like more than others. A few of them become friends. After the next job or holiday or social event ...
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