Caroline O'Donoghue: Seven pledges to my single friends

Most people, contrary to popular belief, don’t want their friends to ‘solve’ them. They just want to have their lives acknowledged.

The single woman is invited round and asked to spice up the evening with tales of sexual misadventure and to remind the married couple how bad things are ‘out there’.

Last weekend I went on a big walk with a friend who has had a rough time during lockdown.

Because of pre-existing health issues, she’s had to take the pandemic about 40% more seriously than the average 30-something woman, and because she’s single, she’s had to deal with it mostly alone.