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The middle years

“Tell me about a midlife friendship that ended — through drift, fight, or simply life moving you apart.”

Tips for asking

The last time you saw them, the unsent message, the version of you they last knew.

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Do you miss them, exactly, or just the season the friendship belonged to?

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