My friend is organising a hen party. It is six weeks away and already half the group are not speaking to the other half. No one can agree on budget, activities or location. Other than that it’s all going swimmingly. Watch out, here comes the bride.

Wedding season is upon us and I really do love a good wedding — it is undoubtedly an honour to be invited to join anyone’s celebrations. But I can’t be the only one who immediately starts doing the wedding guest maths in my head when the invitation arrives. Being added to a hen party WhatsApp group fills me with dread.

One of my friends had six weddings to attend in one summer. She used up half her annual leave