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When close friends stop disagreeing honestly with each other

My best friend and I used to argue about everything - politics, relationships, what books meant - and it felt like the most honest part of our friendship. But since the last election we've both started hedging our real opinions with each other, and I can feel us getting more polite and more distant. I don't know if we're protecting the friendship or killing it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people are losing intimacy by choosing safety over the productive conflict that once deepened their connection.

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