My best friend and I both joined this new community organization six months ago and we thought it would be great to do together but now she's become really close with the core group and I still feel like an outsider and we haven't talked about it but I can feel her pulling away from me when we're there. I don't know if I should stay and keep trying to fit in or if leaving would mean losing her too.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that belonging isn't automatically shared, even between close friends entering the same space.
“Where Are You with Belonging and identity — who belongs here?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.