Why we should all be doing a little more friendship matchmaking

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I’ve been thinking a lot about making new friends this week after a reader wrote in to ask a question for the agony aunt column. She wanted to know if I was worried about my social life given I’ve moved from London to my hometown and most of my friends here are in serious relationships or married. To cut a long story short, I am a bit worried but I also know if I make an effort, I’ll find more friends here and actually it’s more the pandemic that is hindering things. While I stand by this, I’ve also been wondering if I am the only one who should be making an effort?

This is just a warning that I am going to talk about dating now but I promise it relates to my point about making friends so please bear with me those who can’t stand the topic. So yesterday my friend Tiffany Philippou posted a screenshot of a Guardian article about matchmaking, which we then had a little chat about over Instagram messages. We both agreed there should be more of, not least because it would save us the horr…