My best friend and I have been inseparable for fifteen years, but since she got married last spring, I feel like I'm constantly fighting for scraps of her attention and I hate how needy and resentful it's making me. We both pretend everything is normal but there's this weird tension now where I feel like the third wheel in conversations about her life.
More people experience this than they realize.
The architecture of a deep friendship is shifting under the weight of new life circumstances, and both people are struggling to name what's being lost and what might be rebuilt.
“Where Are You with Friendship & Platonic Love?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.