Friends-In-Law: Love Them, Loathe Them, But Can You Actually Be Friends With Them?

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Plus, Amelia has a theory about 'friends-in-law' — the people you only know because they're a friend of a friend. Why do we sometimes love them… and sometimes want to fake a scheduling conflict?

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