Gain a lover lose a friend - just tell us what we don't know! Big brains have been studying this one and it's come as a huge surprise. "We have quite literally only just discovered it," says Prof. Robin Dunbar of Oxford. Where has he been hiding?
He reckons we have six close friends and lose a couple with every relationship. What about Facebook? Social networkers beg to differ. They must have at least 100. My tally would be be embarrassing. That's because old school mates crawling out of the woodwork shouting "Reunion!" send me rushing to the garden shed. Some pals are part of the past for a reason. Dumped, pure and simple. Don't need to meet up to compare kids, careers, or wrinkles.
Sound harsh? Sorry, but that's life. Mind you, I'm quite the party animal compared to the prof who says our friends don't have to be real people. A pet, a soap star or even a plant will do. Aspidistra or Avatar, it's all the same to him.
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