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When longtime friendships change after major life transitions

My best friend of fifteen years and I have started avoiding each other since she got married and I can't figure out if it's because we're both protecting something or if we've just grown apart and neither of us wants to say it out loud. We used to talk every day and now weeks go by and when we do connect it feels stilted and careful.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Two people who once shared everything are now navigating the unnamed distance that appeared when their life circumstances diverged.

Ideas that help explain it
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