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When social groups develop incompatible expectations over time

Our book club started as a fun way for neighbors to connect but it's become this thing where one person always dominates the discussion with academic analysis while others just want casual conversation, and now people are starting to skip meetings. We all like each other but nobody wants to hurt feelings by addressing the mismatch.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Fear of conflict is allowing a fixable format problem to slowly dissolve genuine connections.

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