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How friend groups navigate messy breakups within the circle

Our friend group used to be five people but two of them broke up messily last year and now we're all walking on eggshells trying to stay neutral. We've become diplomatic instead of authentic and it's killing the thing we're trying to preserve.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The attempt to maintain peace has sacrificed the authenticity that made the relationships worth preserving.

Ideas that help explain it
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