Dear Amy: My childhood friend of 15 years and I lived together for three years as roommates.
My point is that for both of you, your emotional attention has shifted, even if your friendship-needs have not.You two have been friends through very different phases in your lives . This is a transition to another phase of friendship, and it will take some time to adjust.
It can feel good to state a simple truth: “I miss you! I’d like to be closer.” If you do, your friend will probably express a version of the same sentiment. My biological father and brother are dead, and my biological nephew does not answer my efforts to reach out via the DNA site.
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