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How to introduce deeper conversations into established friendships

Our friend group has an unspoken rule that we don't talk about the hard stuff — politics, money, what any of us actually believe — and I'm realizing that ten years in, we don't actually know each other and I don't know if everyone wants it that way or if we're all just scared.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A group has organized around avoiding meaningful topics and one person is questioning whether this arrangement still serves anyone.

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