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When long-term friendships shift with life changes

My college roommate and I have been friends for fifteen years but since she got married and had kids, I feel like I'm always the one reaching out and when we do talk she seems distracted, and I don't know if I should say something or just accept that this is how friendships change.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Two people who used to know how to love each other are discovering that different life stages require different kinds of tending, but neither knows how to negotiate what's needed now.

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