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When old friends struggle to move past performance mode into genuine connection

Our college friend group reunions have become these intense catch-up sessions where everyone reports on their life achievements and relationships and careers, and we've lost the ability to just be ridiculous together like we used to when none of us had our lives figured out.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Success and adulthood have created a showcase where you display your lives to each other rather than sharing the messy reality of still being yourselves.

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