I find socialising so tiring, but worry I'm missing out | Ask Philippa

Experiment with being who you are, not who you think you ought to be The dilemma Since childhood I've made only a very few friends. My parents are immigrants and we were brought up in a strict, religious environment. As a teenager, I wasn't allowed to do a lot of the things other girls at school did. If I ever pushed the boundaries set up at home, I felt guilty, so I made my own entertainment and was good at that. My husband says I'm a kind and gentle person and he's probably my only long-term f...