Issue #55: The three types of perfectionism

Which one(s) are you? Plus, how perfectionism affects our self-worth and our relationships with others.

A couple of weekends ago, I had a friend over for dinner. It was the first time I’d cooked for her, a situation where any sensible person would play it safe (let’s remember that cementing a nascent adult friendship is the thirtysomething’s equivalent of impressing your crush at the Year 7 disco).

Which renders my choice of a complicated recipe I’d never…