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When you are invited to celebrate a friendship you have lost

I have been invited to my college friend's wedding but I have not spoken to her in two years and I do not know if I should go or if showing up would be weird for everyone involved.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The invitation is forcing you to confront the gap between the relationship she remembers and the one that actually exists.

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.