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How to address problematic behavior in friend groups

Our friend group has one person who's been increasingly difficult to be around — interrupting, making everything about them, crossing boundaries — and we all see it but no one wants to be the one to address it. We've started having gatherings without them and I feel terrible but also relieved, and I think we all do.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Sometimes preserving group harmony requires the courage to risk individual relationships.

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