Type A, B and C people experience friendship differently. Here’s how your personality type is impacting your platonic relationships

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Type A, B and C people experience friendship differently. Here’s how your personality type is impacting your platonic relationships

By Vicky Chandler

6 months ago

7 min read

Ever since the term ‘type A behaviour’ was coined in the 1950s there have been countless books and studies examining how personality types affect our own behaviour, but what about our friendships? Here an expert unpacks how personality types influence our platonic relationships and how to deal with differing behaviour traits in your friendship group.


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