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When longtime friendships develop unexpected competition

My best friend and I have been through everything together for fifteen years but lately when we hang out there's this undercurrent of competition that wasn't there before — about jobs, relationships, life choices — and we both feel it but neither of us knows how to talk about it without sounding petty.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Success and growth can create distance even between those who love each other most.

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