I always knew it, but now I really know it

[mazal_]

I have created a handful of personal aphorisms in my many years on Planet Earth. One of the oldest is this: "Very few relationships are built to last forever."

I mention it because I now am on the losing side of those endings. I'm talking about people with whom I have been - or had been - close friends for years, even decades. There has never been

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[1_mad_squirrel]

I have been there. Sometimes the reason is as you’ve described. Sometimes the person is dealing with a crisis, external or internal, that they have not shared.