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Sep 2024
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friendship breakups

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This week on Pretty Lonesome, Madeline dives into her notes app archives and stumbles upon an unexpected find—a friendship breakup text. But why do friendship breakups often hit harder than romantic ones? Madeline unpacks her belief that friendships should last a lifetime, while romantic relationships? We aren’t there just yet.

 

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