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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Annalisa Barbieri

My friend ranks his friendships in a league table – and it worries me

An illustration of a man with crossly folded arms, with a seated female figure in the background.

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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