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When lifelong friendships are strained by one person's religious conversion

My childhood best friend became deeply religious five years ago and I've watched her become someone I barely recognize, judging and distant, and we keep trying to maintain our friendship but every conversation feels like she's waiting for me to convert or I'm waiting for her to come back.

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