My best friend and I have been avoiding each other ever since she got into the graduate program that rejected me, not because we're angry but because we don't know how to be around the path I wanted so badly and can't have.
More people experience this than they realize.
The presence of one person's achieved dream makes another's impossible dream feel more real and more lost.
“Where Are You with Grief for lost possibility — paths not taken?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.