My college friends and I used to be really tight but over the past few years our group chat has become mostly silence or surface-level updates and when we do get together it feels like we're all performing the friendship we used to have. None of us knows how to acknowledge that we've grown apart without seeming like we don't care.
More people experience this than they realize.
A group of friends is collectively avoiding the grief of outgrowing each other while desperately trying to preserve something that has already changed.
“Where Are You with Social capital and its erosion?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.