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How to maintain friendship when life stages diverge

I have been friends with Sarah for fifteen years but ever since she got married two years ago she only wants to do couple things and I am single and feel like I am being slowly erased from her life.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Your friend's new identity is reorganizing her priorities in ways that exclude your shared history.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Maintaining friendships across distance and time?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.