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Michelle's avatar

Wow, this is something I think about a lot. Personally, I'm married but for both of us, most of our close friends live far away and we have struggled making friends locally. We have a lot of people that we are friendly with but can't seem to move from acquaintance to friends. The fact that we are also still trying to be careful re: COVID also has complicated matters. We go out and do things, but there is a definite cost/benefit analysis to what we are willing to do. It's hard to figure out the right balance between protecting ourselves and others and getting out and meeting people. But yes, these trends are troubling, I see myself in a lot of them, but making meaningful changes is really hard.

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Laura Dawn's avatar

Amen to all of this.

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