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[the_fantastic_ms_fox]

In looking through old photos on Facebook, I am surprised by how many friends are not talking to each-other. Who has broken up; had romance come between them; who has gone stealth; who has felt it right to take a side in a dispute. I'm glad to say that, with a few perhipheral exceptions, usually temporary breaks, or the loss of contact with a co-worker or aquaintance rather than a "friend," this is something foreign to my personal experience. I wonder what currents of social contact I'm missing that create these breaks.

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[donnaidh-sidhe.livejournal.com]

I find that when I stop talking to someone, it's because I'm really sick of their shit and don't believe that I can talk to them.

[plaidalicious.livejournal.com]

I've found that with the exception of acquaintances who I've not been very close to, I'm still talking to most of my friends. I've lost touch with a few people, which I regret, but we've grown apart naturally.

[http://users.livejournal.com/innerlife_/]

I have been very introverted / relationship-centric in recent years, which means I've been even worse at keeping in touch with distant people than usual. "Distant" is defined as someone I don't see at least every 3 months in my day-to-day life. This includes a (former?) friend who lives 10 miles away (last I knew) but doesn't seem to return my intermittent txts / facebook communications anymore.