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When hookups within friend groups create lasting tension

Our friend group of six has been tight since grad school, but two of us hooked up last year and it ended messily, and now every group hangout has this underlying tension. We all miss how easy things used to be but nobody wants to address the elephant in the room.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

A community is being held hostage by an unspoken wound that everyone can feel but no one wants to name.

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