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When family game traditions lose their magic

My family does this annual Christmas puzzle tradition and my sister and I used to love working on it together for hours, but now she gets frustrated and snippy within minutes and I can't tell if it's the puzzle or if she just doesn't want to spend time with me. We both keep trying to make it work like it used to but it feels like we're forcing something that's gone.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A cherished ritual has become a painful reminder of how relationships can change without either person knowing why.

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