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.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are losing intimacy by choosing safety over the productive conflict that once deepened their connection.
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