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How divorce can leave you socially isolated

My marriage ended last year and I realized all our couple friends were really his friends and now I am starting over socially at fifty-two.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Marriage can create the illusion of doubled social connections while actually making us dependent on our partner's relationship-building.

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