Friends and Family

  • What's your role at Christmas?

    With Christmas in all its glory rapidly approaching and the inevitable daunting prospect of visiting family and friends, we take a look at the different roles people play.

  • Why mums are great (at more than just cooking a roast!)

    If you play your cards right, the relationship you develop with your mother in adulthood can outrival all the rest.

  • How does your name influence your life?

    Would you be more successful as a lawyer if you were called Vicky or Victoria? Would the financial world take you seriously if your first name were Elizabeth rather than Britney?

  • A bit of friendly competition?

    If common opinion is to be believed, modern friendship is a one-stop shop for unblinkered loyalty and unmitigated support. But is this really true?

  • A survivor's guide to other people's weddings

    How to have fun at a wedding without embarrassing yourself horribly or upsetting the bride.

  • Just good friends

    It's long been touted that men and women can't ever just be mates. Rubbish, says one Handbagger, friendships with men are some of the best a girl can ever have - with not even a hint of hanky panky involved.

  • Girlie crushes

    Ever been amazed at the way that you connect with a girlfriend? You may be experiencing a girlie crush. We investigate what it means when admiration and attraction go hand in hand

  • 'Do you come here often?'

    At school all you needed was a Curly Wurly to make friends. Nowadays it's a bit trickier, especially if you've moved jobs or towns. The answer, says Samantha Warwick, lies in 'platonic dating'

  • 10 things we love to bitch about

    The top 10 things we love to bitch about

  • Oh mother!

    All the things your mother has said that you never wanted to hear

  • Matchmaking hell: when your friends get off with each other

    Playing Cupid to your mates can make you feel good, but what happens when they're so into each other, that you feel left behind?

  • Food and love

    From the moment we're first born, emotional nurturing and the act of being physically cared for are inextricably linked

  • The toughest conversations you'll ever have

    There are some things even the most thick-skinned among us find it hard to broach... handbag identifies the trickiest chats we may have to face.

  • Is honesty always the best policy?

    Do I talk too much? Do you like my new man / dress / hair colour / lawnmower? Do I come across as dynamic and intelligent?

  • New Year reconciliation

    If you've fallen out with loved ones or your partner during the holidays and haven't yet made up, ask yourself how much the season of goodwill is to blame...

  • When it's ok to tell lies

    Sometimes lying can be essential to keep your partner, friends and family happy and get you through social situations unscathed.
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