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When longtime friend groups grow apart through different life stages

Our friend group from college has been trying to stay close for fifteen years but now we're all in different life stages — some of us have kids, some are single, some are dealing with aging parents — and our group text feels forced and our reunions feel like performance. I think we're all grieving who we used to be together but nobody wants to admit it might be over.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A group of people is collectively mourning the loss of shared identity while trying to honor what they once meant to each other.

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