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How I Made The Decision To Break Up With My Best Friend Of 17 Yrs To Find Myself

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                      Photo by Anna Shvets: https://www.pexels.com/photo/interracial-women-lying-down-in-opposite-directions-on-pink-textile-4556791/         I've been best friends with Nicole for seventeen years and some change. We’ve practically grown into adults together. From drunken nights, bad decisions, breakups, bad vacations, and countless laughs, she was always there for me.  We were inseparable. But as we entered our late thirties, I began to feel like something was missing.  Our friendship had become stagnant and routine. We were no longer growing together, but instead, just going through the motions. I found myself constantly making excuses not to hang out with her. I would even dread seeing her name pop up on my phone because I knew it meant another night of doing the same old things.  And while Nicole was still content with our friendship, I couldn't shake off this feeling of restles...