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When friendships lose their capacity for depth

My college friend group used to have these long conversations about life and meaning but now when we get together we just reminisce about old times and avoid anything too real because we've all gone such different directions. I miss the depth we used to share but I don't know how to invite it back without making everyone uncomfortable about how much we've changed.

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