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When close friendships fade into polite maintenance

My two best friends from college and I used to talk every day but now we only text in our group chat about logistics for when we see each other, which is maybe twice a year. We all feel the distance but none of us knows how to bridge it without it feeling forced or desperate.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The slow drift from intimacy to courtesy can feel more painful than a clean break.

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