Why don’t we treat friendship breakups as seriously as romantic ones?

Midlife – and all the stresses that come with it, like divorce, redundancy and bereavement – can take its toll on long-established female friendships. As we saw in the last series of The White Lotus,

EMMA JANE UNSWORTH TOOK HER CLOSEST FRIENDSHIPS FOR GRANTED, UNTIL SHE HIT ROCK BOTTOM AND DISCOVERED THE TRUE, MESSY, COMPLICATED MEANING OF LOVE

A history of female friendships

What to do if it feels like you’re getting mixed signals from a friend who is either unresponsive, or extremely slow to reply, to your messages

Recognising when a friendship shouldn’t be forced, and instead, allowing both parties to go their separate ways

Coming up for air