My best friend and I have been making the same plans to travel together for three years and we keep canceling or postponing, and now I think we're both avoiding admitting that our friendship has changed and we might not actually want to spend that much time together anymore. But we keep acting like we do.
More people experience this than they realize.
You're both protecting a friendship by avoiding the truth that you've grown in different directions.
“Where Are You with Sibling dynamics and parental navigation?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.