Maria Luedeke, psychotherapist and Director of Aspire Counselling, breaks it down for us.
Of course you love your friend, but...
Despite your best efforts to be supportive, pesky thoughts like “why isn’t this me?” and “I kind of hope something doesn’t work out” might creep in when they achieve something awesome.
According to Maria, there could be a few factors at play—the first being that you may start to feel like you have less things to bond over.
“You may not have as many things in common to talk about if you’re in different stages of life—be it professional (i.e., your friend gets a big promotion at work and is suddenly travelling and hobnobbing with a different crowd) or personal (i.e., your friend gets engaged and is suddenly swept up in planning her wedding, having engagement parties and being introduced to new family/ friends of her future spouse).” Naturally, this results in her having less time to spend with you.
This story is from the July - August 2019 edition of CLEO Singapore.
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