My best friend and I have always been the ones who question everything and challenge each other's assumptions, but since she started therapy and I started having kids, we've been tiptoeing around each other's choices like we're afraid of judging or being judged. The safety we used to find in pushing each other has turned into this careful distance.
More people experience this than they realize.
The very intimacy that once allowed you to question everything together now feels fragile, as if the life changes you're each navigating have made your old way of loving each other feel dangerous.
“Where Are You with Blended Families & Stepparenting?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.