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Here's something nobody warns you about when you're getting divorced: your married friends are probably going to disappear. Not all of them, but most of them. And while it's going to hurt like hell at first, it might actually be the best thing that could happen to your social life.

In this brutally honest episode, I'm preparing you for one of the most painful secondary losses of divorce - the friends who can't handle your new reality and slowly (or quickly) fade out of your life.

You'll learn about:

• The timeline of friendship loss and what to expect in the months after your divorce
• Why your divorce makes married friends uncomfortable (spoiler: it's not really about you)
• The different types of disappearing friends - from the "slow fade" to the "judge" to the "threatened" friend
• How couple friendships get messy and why you might lose access to entire social circles
• Why some married women see divorced women as a threat to their own marriages
• The exhausting reality of pretending everything is fine around friends who can't handle your truth
• How your divorce forces people to examine their own relationships (and why they resent you for it)
• The friends who will surprise you by showing up vs. the ones who will disappoint you by disappearing
• Why this friend filter is actually doing you a favor (even though it doesn't feel like it)
• How to build new, more authentic friendships with people who actually understand your life

This episode is for you if:

• Your married friends have gotten weird and distant since your divorce
• You're feeling socially isolated and wondering if it's something you did
• Former couple friends are still inviting your ex but not you
• You're tired of censoring yourself around friends who can't handle your reality
• You feel like you're losing your entire social circle along with your marriage
• You need permission to stop chasing friendships that aren't serving you anymore

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