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My friend ranks his friendships in a league table – and it worries me | Ask Annalisa Barbieri
You need to consider why this bothers you so much and if you should bring it up. Without asking directly, it’s hard to know his motivation
• Every week Annalisa Barbieri addresses a family-related problem sent in by a reader
Over a few drinks, a good friend of mine recently let slip that he keeps a spreadsheet of his friends, which he uses to rank them in tiers. Initially I laughed it off as drunken ramblings, but he then proceeded to show me the actual document, saved on his phone with comments next to people’s names.
I learned that he keeps a running score of his friends based on how often they WhatsApp him, take the time to call him or go to the pub or on a trip abroad together.
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