Hard relate. I do wonder if sometimes it’s lack of confidence from some people? Perhaps their house is ‘too messy’, they don’t want to ‘put themselves out there’. But it’s soul destroying when you stop making the effort and …. crickets.
Happy Valley. Such a powerful story. We’ve just inhaled both series, 1&2. Not for the faint hearted, but gripping all the way through!
Listening to this discussion I immediately connected with the idea of ‘friendship forged in fire’. Boarding school. Homesickness, living in each other’s pockets and supporting each other through all the life events your family would ordinarily be involved in. Lifelong friends like no others.