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When temporary living situations strain close friendships

My best friend moved in with me temporarily six months ago after her divorce and we're both realizing that living together is bringing out sides of each other we didn't know existed, and neither of us knows how to address it without jeopardizing the friendship.

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Intimate proximity reveals incompatibilities that friendship's usual boundaries once gracefully concealed.

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