Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.
I believe people think as a group more often than we might realize or care to admit. We like to believe that we act as individuals and nothing more, but time and again – in corporations and business, in politics and religion, in fashion and culture, and in friendships and social circles – we think and do as one.
The rise of Right-wing populism globally has divided not just countries, but families. It has broken relationships and torn apart friendships. It has created social media discord and abuse, and led to unprecedented name-calling.
When you fail, things get real. In fact, they get real real. If your success was a high profile success, then your failure will be a high profile failure. Opportunities and ‘friendships’ will evaporate. Failure shines a bright light on all relationships. The ones that last are pure and true, which is a true gift.
You try to do the best for your club, and you also create relationships and friendships – with Neymar, my relationship is really strong, even though it really hurt the club when he left. As a friend, I could understand his decision and why he wanted to go to Paris. I tried to be fair to him no matter what.
I’m losing friendships over forgetting to get back to people. But you can’t keep up with everything. I’ve got a 13-year-old, a nine-year-old and a baby.
Indeed, ‘Sex and the City’ highlighted the importance of female friendships, and showed the world that it was hip to be single.
