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When business partnerships threaten close friendships

My best friend and I started a side business together three years ago and now she wants to quit but I need the income and we can't figure out how to untangle our friendship from our financial reality without losing both.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people are discovering that shared ventures can create competing loyalties between practical needs and emotional bonds.

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