Our neighborhood book club started as a casual thing but has become this intense space where people process their divorces and family trauma. Some of us want to get back to actually discussing books while others seem to need the emotional support, and I don't know how to navigate it without hurting anyone.
More people experience this than they realize.
The organic evolution of social groups toward deeper intimacy can create competing needs for both connection and boundaries that nobody explicitly agreed to navigate.
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