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by nikhizzle 419 days ago
I have a rough idea of my friend’s schedules, and I call them when I’m driving the kids around, or we text. Staying in constant contact with a few very close friends about my mental health has floated me through my mid-40s.

A tip I got from a friend in his 60s was that even when you lose friends, life is great because you constantly have the opportunity to find new ones. I am in a new close friends renaissance in my 40s, just be vulnerable and don’t take rejection personally.

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I'd definitely be better off if I didn't take rejection personally

But it's hard for me to draw the line between being vulnerable and say, oversharing or dumping