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When your friend abandons the friendship for a romantic relationship

My best friend got a boyfriend eight months ago and she has completely disappeared from my life and when I try to talk to her about it she acts like I am being dramatic.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Her dismissal of your concerns is compounding the original injury of being replaced.

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

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