Shopping with friends is great for your wardrobe – but terrible for your bank balance, a new study has revealed. Experts found 62% of women who trawl the shops with a female friend will spend more money than those who venture to the high street on their own. In fact, girls tend to fork out [...]
Modern women enjoy a night in even more than a night out – and even dress up for the occasion, it has been revealed. Researchers, who asked 2,000 women under the age of 40 to rate aspects of nights in and nights out, found an increasing trend towards eventful evenings spent at home. The results [...]
A massive seven in ten Brits are now ‘friends’ with someone who is living outside of the UK, a survey has found. Better technologies and cheaper call have led to the average Brit having friends or relatives in three separate countries, with Australia, the USA and Canada the most common. One in ten Brits even [...]
Men are surprisingly better at speaking to their friends, while women are now shifting towards social media, a study has revealed. The cliche is that women love spending hours on the phone chatting to friends- but this stereotype has been turned on its head, after researchers found men are better at keeping in touch, especially [...]
It’s official – exercising with friends is better than exercising alone, according to new research. With friends, findings show that we’ll work harder, last longer and burn more calories than we would alone. The findings emerged in a study of 1,000 women, comparing the habits of those who prefer to go solo and those who [...]
It’s official- it’s the girls that make the best housemates. A study of 2,000 house sharing Brits found that girls narrowly edge the vote when it comes to making home-life heavenly. However, a massive 42% think that girls are the most argumentative- only 6% thought it was guys that stir up trouble. The study also [...]
Leaving washing-up in the sink, pinching food and not paying their share of the bills have been named as the most common rows between housemates, research has revealed. A study of 2,000 people who share a home with friends or housemates revealed the top 20 biggest complaints spurred by living with friends and strangers – [...]
Eager and weekend-hungry ladies have begun planning their Saturday night out by Wednesday afternoon (1.35pm, to be exact), research has shown. The incredible amount of forethought, deliberation and discussion over which outfit, shoes and accessories to wear emerged amid a study of 2,000 women. The precision planning is discussed over ten text messages, three emails, [...]
New mums admit to shedding old friends in favour of new mates they can relate to, a study has revealed. Researchers found almost three quarters of new mums lost touch with several pals from their pre-baby life, with the average mother saying goodbye to three old friendships altogether. Instead, one in five new mums are [...]
Ending a long term relationship means losing an average of eight friends, a study revealed yesterday. Researchers found that people taking sides or simply moving away means that splitting with a partner results in a smaller circle of friends. And while three of those are friends that people only met through their ex-partner and three were [...]
