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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It gets so, so much worse. My lifelong friends slow faded me along with their leap to big jobs and &gt;$3M homes.[/quote]

:// Can you describe how it gets worse? You mean friends move away to posher communities and you sort of fade from seeing them and making time? And of course your kids are in different schools. Before long a couple years have gone by and they have new friends closer to their new nicer homes and you’re an old friend? Or is it even worse in ways I can’t imagine? I imagine not being able to afford the same vacations and/or vacation homes. You’re basically blackballed from that stuff unless they give you a courtesy invitation once a year.[/quote]

This, or more often they remain in the same area and level up. Their kids are in better schools than yours. Their homes are stunning forever homes. They won’t come to yours. They are senior / influencers in their jobs / fields and hold a different place in society. They have ascended. They are no longer just your friend. With that they are more discerning about who is in their lives, who has access, how they spend their time, what benefits them and their kids which is all anyone cares about after mid-to-late 40s (or before). They see you once or twice a year and respond to texts with short polite non-engaging responses that indicate you aren’t a priority. It’s not a we moved away fade. It’s a we moved up and you didn’t and won’t.[/quote]

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