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How to navigate changing group travel dynamics when someone wants to include their partner

Three of us have been taking an annual adventure trip together for eight years and this year one friend wants to bring their new partner along, which feels like it will completely change the dynamic of something that's been sacred to us. We're all saying the practical things about logistics and cost but nobody's naming that we're actually grieving the end of something and scared of what comes next.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A long-standing ritual is facing transformation and the group lacks language for mourning what was while staying open to what could be.

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