Friendship
Opinion
Sunday Life
I’m attending my 50-year school reunion. This is what I’m expecting it to teach me
Yes, we get fatter, thinner, greyer, wrinklier and either balder or hairier or both, but I bet my old classmates remain essentially the individuals I remember.
- by Jane Caro
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Is it ever a good idea to attend your high school reunion?
Even if you had a good experience at school, receiving an invitation to a reunion can stir up complicated feelings.
- by Shona Hendley
Opinion
Sunday Life
Forget FOMO! I just want to put on my PJs and stay in bed
In the winter, life calms down and a lovely wave of laziness washes over me.
- by Kathy Lette
Not best friends, not acquaintances: ‘Medium friends’ are complicated
It can be difficult to define a friendship, but this term puts words to these familiar relationships.
- by Lisa Miller
Opinion
Sunday Life
I’m a writer, so how does my statistician partner beat me at word games?
When we do puzzles together, something dark and fierce takes over. I feel a frenzied desire to win.
- by Kerri Sackville
Opinion
Opinion
There’s no warning when you do something wonderful for the last time, so here’s what I do
If we knew it was the last moment we were talking to someone, or dancing or crying with laughter with someone, surely we’d say something expansive and meaningful.
- by Julia Baird
Opinion
Greater Good
My street library was just a family project. What happened next, well, you wouldn’t read about it
Some people say books are dead. My family’s sweet little street library, named Dumbledore, brought our community alive.
- by Amy Adeney
Two of Us
Good Weekend
Ann Patchett almost binned Aussie Meg Mason’s novel. Now, they’re ‘profound friends’
Authors Meg Mason and Ann Patchett became friends in early 2021. They voice-note each other most days to talk about life, death and nut roast.
- by Amanda Hooton
The nine signs that your friendship may be toxic
Do you have a mate who doesn’t really feel like one? Toxic friends are all too common, and here are the red flags to look out for.
- by Alex Hourigan and Sally McMullen
Opinion
Real life
My school reunion filled me with dread. Then something strange happened
What a spin-out, meeting women I’d last seen when we were girls living at home, trying to get our licences and get rid of virginity. Suddenly, we were not far off 60.
- by Kate Halfpenny
Opinion
Opinion
I’m a collector of petty grievances. Now I’m giving them away
The idea of wanting to “stick it” to someone has pushed me to accomplish wild feats. And yet I can see that too much of it is making me into someone I don’t want to be.
- by Roby D’Ottavi