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When friendships feel different after conflict even after resolution

My best friend and I have been processing a falling-out we had last year, and we've apologized and moved forward, but there's something neither of us is saying about how it changed us. We're both being careful in ways we never were before and I don't know if that's healthy or just realistic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Sometimes the aftermath of resolved conflict reveals unspoken questions about trust and intimacy that reconciliation alone doesn't address.

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