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When You Realize You’ve Outgrown a Friendship

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“Sometimes growth doesn’t look like becoming more—it looks like leaving behind what no longer fits.”

For a long time, I believed that outgrowing a friendship meant I had failed at it.

That belief took root early, at boarding school, where friendships weren’t just social—they were survival. We didn’t see each other for a few hours a day. We lived together. Ate together. Studied, slept, and grew up side by side.

There was no going home to reset. No space to retreat and recalibrate. Friendship wasn’t optional—it was the environment.

So when I later began to outgrow one of those friendships, …

Are You Outgrowing Your Family? 6 Effective Ways to Manage This

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“You can’t force anyone to value, respect, understand, or support you, but you can choose to spend time around people who do.” ~Lori Deschene

I always felt somewhat different from my family growing up.

I didn’t have a terrible childhood—I was certainly loved, cared for, and looked after—but despite having two siblings, a mother, and a stepfather (who raised me), I seldom felt a sense of belonging and often times I felt very lonely.

Growing up I could never quite put my finger on what it was that was different, but I just knew that I was. I knew …