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When close friendships struggle with existential conversations

My oldest friend and I have always been each other's person for working through the big questions, but lately when I try to share what I'm actually thinking about meaning and mortality and what any of this is for, I can feel him getting uncomfortable and changing the subject.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A relationship built on deep exchange hits an invisible limit when one person's questioning ventures into territory the other isn't ready to explore.

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