It’s the age-old question: can men and women ever really be “just friends”? If you’ve watched my all-time favourite film When Harry Met Sally , you’ll know that Harry is convinced the answer is “no”.

Even as a teenager, watching that infamous scene where he insists men and women can’t be friends because “the sex thing” always gets in the way, I remember thinking: really? At the time, most of my closest friends were boys – not least because I was one of the first girls to join an all-boys’ boarding school, where there were 36 of us and more than 500 boys.

Back then, I would proudly declare that I “just got on better” with boys. I was laidback, sporty and easygoing. Looking back, I can see I was also a bit of a “pick me” girl , as so many of us are growing up – distancing myself from

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