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How friend groups handle when one person becomes difficult

Our friend group has someone in it who's become really difficult to be around since their divorce — they're angry and negative and everything becomes about their situation — but nobody wants to be the one to address it. We're all just starting to plan things without including them and it feels terrible.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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A group is choosing exclusion over confrontation, protecting their dynamic at the cost of their integrity.

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