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When life milestones create joy and grief simultaneously in close friendships

My two best friends and I planned to be each other's bridesmaids back in college but now we're in our thirties and one of us is getting divorced while another just had a miscarriage and I'm planning my wedding. We're all trying to show up for each other but life has gotten so complicated that every celebration feels like it might be painful for someone else.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The natural divergence of adult life is creating a complex web where supporting one person's happiness requires navigating another's loss.

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