My friend ranks his friendships in a league table – and it worries me | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

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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