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When social rituals become performances of connection

Our friend group started a monthly dinner to stay connected after college but it's become this performance of successful adulting where nobody talks about anything real and I don't know if I should be the one to break the surface or just accept that this is what we've become.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Gatherings meant to preserve intimacy can become elaborate demonstrations of distance when no one wants to be the first to be real.

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