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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Lizzie Cernik

How we met: ‘I really wanted to be her friend but I wasn’t sure I was cool enough’

Gemma (left) and Annie at a wine-tasting class.
‘We always have fun together’ … Gemma (left) and Annie at a wine-tasting class. Photograph: Handout undefined

Ever since buying her Northampton flat in 2018, Gemma had struggled with unpredictable gas bills. When her bill went up to six times the average rate at the start of last year, she had no idea it would start a new friendship.

“I was crying on the phone to the management company trying to get it sorted out,” she says. “It turned out we were being charged commercial rates instead of residential.”

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