When it comes to the hierarchy of relationships, friendships ten to prop up the list.

Since relationships with romantic partners, parents and children have a greater sense of importance attached to them, friendships are often allowed to fall by the wayside as we get older.

David Kavanagh, Relationship Consultant, was on the Right Hook this evening. He said friendships we make in our early life have a huge role in shaping who we are as people.

"They are your peer group and tell you if you are doing good or bad. They affirm who you are as a person. 

"I think your identity to a large extent in those early years if formed by the kind of people you keep as friends."

Speaking about outgrowing friendships, Kavanagh said it is a very natural occurrence that is good for personal development.

"If you have the same friends that you had in your eighties as you had in your thirties, there is something seriously wrong with you.

"You're supposed to have different friends throughout each generation."