What are friends for?

HAVE you ever felt troubled and wished you had someone you can trust to confide in? Or you find yourself sitting at home on a lonely night thinking that your closest buddies are either in a different time zone, busy with work, babies or themselves?

In the age of social networks, most of us who are active on Facebook and Twitter tend to live two distinct lives, one in which the real thing happens, and the other for the public’s eye.