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As women, from early on in life, we’re encouraged to be carers, or to be helpful. As little girls, we’re given dolls, toy cleaning appliances and teasets along with the narrative that it’s our job to

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,