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How to handle feeling replaced when friends find romantic love

My closest friend got engaged and suddenly has no time for me and I feel pathetic for being jealous of her happiness.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The reorganization of emotional priorities in new romantic relationships can trigger abandonment wounds in existing friendships.

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