We idealise the concept of judgement-free friendship – but is it realistic, or even desirable? Stylist's Meena Alexander weighs up the cost of speaking your mind

We idealise the concept of judgement-free friendship u2013 but is it realistic, or even desirable? Stylist's Meena Alexander weighs up the cost of speaking your mind

Is it bad to judge your friends?

negative

Everyone can voice an opinion at any moment via social media… it can make us feel entitled to tell our friends exactly what we think

I realised that I’d taken my jokes about her huge princess wedding too far

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It’s an expectation that we don’t even put on our families or our partners, but the truth is that none of us can really meet it.

“She was shaking her head and scoffing at me before I’d even finished speaking”: does true friendship mean no judgment?