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When close friends avoid meaningful disagreement

We've been best friends for eight years and I just realized we've never actually disagreed about anything meaningful in front of each other — one of us always backs down or changes the subject before we get to the real difference underneath.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The fear of conflict has created a friendship built on performed harmony rather than genuine encounter with difference.

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