This week’s question comes from our October digital cover star, Zara McDermott! The presenter and former *Love Island*er is asking about something she admits she’s been struggling with herself: as we all get older and our lives get busier, what expectations should we have of our friends?
Can you realistically expect an immediate text back? Is it fair to be annoyed if they can’t make every single birthday? Or, at a time when we’re all a little too comfortable cancelling plans in the name of ‘self-care’, should we actually be expecting more of — and giving more to — our friends? Millie and Clare get into it all.
Read Zara’s cover story on *Cosmo* here, and let us know about your friendship dynamics and dilemmas in comments, reviews, or on our socials @CosmopolitanUK.
**Hosts:** Millie Court and Clare Stephenson
**Co-host:** Amy May Ellis
**Executive Producer and Cosmopolitan Editor-in-Chief:** Claire Hodgson
**Executive Producer:** Will Foster
**Senior Producer and Cosmopolitan Sex & Relationships Editor:** Brit Dawson
**Producer:** Ruth Holroyd
**Video Editor:** Megan Stapleton
