I’ll be there for you — just not now

Is shunning your friends for a few years the recipe for a successful marriage, wonders Sue Leonard

AS more and more relationships break down, how do you keep a marriage going? According to Yasmin Le Bon, the secret is to shun your friends. She said that to keep her 26-year marriage to Duran Duran star Simon alive, she focused firmly on her family.

“I’ve had to accept that if you work, travel, and have a family, you can’t keep friendships up,” she told Easy Living magazine recently. “One day friends will realise why you couldn’t always be there.”