Friendship Stories is a series on youths' experience of Friendship, initiated by Centre for Mental Health and Wellbeing at HELP University, hosted by Tea Buddies.

In our second episode of the Friendship Stories series, I ask Evon how her definition of Friendship has changed over the years, challenges she faced when starting to appreciate one-on-one friendship over the groups, and how she managed over-expecting when having only one best friend. Brace yourself for that and many more while enjoying your scrumptious evening tea.

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Our Conversation Timestamps:

0 - 0.33: Introduction

0.33 : Difference between individual and group Friendships

3.19 : How Evon's idea of a Friend has changed

7.27 : Friends' challenging expectations

9.57 : How to deal with those expectations

12.25 : Challenges in moving from group to individual Friendships

15.50 : Extroversion and preference for group Friendships

18.05 : 'A' best Friend? Or 'the' best Friend?

21.50 : Who deserves the title of 'Best Friend'?

23.40 : Managing over-expectation when having only one best Friend

31.33 : Negative effects of the pandemic

34.26 : Positive effects of the pandemic

39.47 : Experience that stood out; Opening up to Friends about appreciating one-on-one Friendships