My best friend and I have this pattern where we both get obsessed with romantic partners and completely disappear from each other's lives, then come back devastated when things fall apart expecting the other to drop everything and help us pick up the pieces. We've done this dance for years and I'm tired of it but I don't know how to break the cycle without losing the friendship.
More people experience this than they realize.
A friendship is caught in cycles of abandonment and rescue that mirror each person's romantic attachment patterns.
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