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The friendship recession: Why some adults are struggling to maintain close connections

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Sometimes a friendship grows quiet without anything going wrong. Dinner gets postponed, a busy week becomes a busy month, and catching up slips further down the calendar. The affection may still be there. Finding time for each other is the harder part.

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    Sometimes a friendship grows quiet without anything going wrong. Dinner gets postponed, a busy week becomes a busy month, and catching up slips further down the calendar. The affection may still be there. Finding time for each other is the harder part.

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