Friendships Are Getting Harder As People Develop Very Different Ideas Of What “Living Well” Means

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How it spread - 9 original reports

1. Sun, 27 September 2026

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   • Le Monde (France)04:00first to report
     « Exit les verres et les soirées au débotté, maintenant il faut tout programmer » : quand l’amitié perd toute spontanéité

     A l’âge adulte, les liens amicaux ne vont plus de soi. Entre travail, couple et kilomètres, ils se maintiennent tant bien que mal dans des vies saturées, au prix de réajustements constants.

2. Tue, 29 September 2026

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   • boredpanda.com06:18edited after publishing
     Friendships Are Getting Harder As People Develop Very Different Ideas Of What “Living Well” Means

     previouslyIf Your Friendships Feel Strained Lately, Here’s What Might Be Going On, And How To Stay Close

     Friendships don’t always fade because people stop caring. Sometimes, life simply gets in the way and the things that once brought two friends together no longer fit their routines. Read on to find out why adult friendships can drift apart and what you can do to keep the people you love in your life. . Friends, Relationships

3. Sat, 10 October 2026

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   • El País (Spain)03:30
     Muy amigos, pero solo en el trabajo: “Fuera de la oficina esas personas no me interesaban especialmente”

     La amistad, un clásico de estudio en psicología social, está cotizando a la baja en los contextos profesionales. Si antes se establecían vínculos fuertes con los compañeros, ahora no todo el mundo quiere continuar su jornada en el ‘afterwork’: “Eso ha muerto, ya no existe”, dicen los expertos

4. Sun, 18 October 2026

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   • Telegram.hr (Croatia)13:00
     Što su tzv. low-maintenance prijateljstva i zašto ih u životu s godinama želimo sve više
5. Tue, 20 October 2026

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   • Index.hr (Croatia)10:02
     Jedan znak danas bi mogao shvatiti da mu netko nije pravi prijatelj

     PONEKAD tek nakon nekoliko godina shvatimo da odnos koji smo smatrali prijateljstvom zapravo nije ravnopravan.

6. Wed, 21 October 2026

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   • theage.com.au18:00
     When she turned 40, Zoë Foster Blake was plunged into hormonal chaos. Then she had a realisation

     Hormone therapy helps, but this is the best solution she has found for “mum rage”.

7. Fri, 30 October 2026

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   • tportal (Croatia)08:28
     Psiholozi su izračunali koliko sati treba da netko postane vaš pravi prijatelj

     Neki ljudi u naš život uđu preko noći, a s drugima ni nakon godina ne prijeđemo granicu površnog poznanstva. Znanstvenici su odlučili otkriti postoji li za prijateljstvo neka formula, a odgovor je pokazao da bliskost zahtijeva mnogo više vremena nego što većina nas misli

8. Sun, 1 November 2026

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   • armidaleexpress.com.au21:30
     Why making friends as an adult is so hard (and why we need to keep trying)

     Why having a wider circle of friend protects your wellbeing.

9. Wed, 4 November 2026

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   • vogue.com06:56
     The Specific Pain of Outgrowing an Adult Friendship

     “It would be easy to say that these friendships had tumultuous endings with clean breaks, where the lines of right and wrong were clearly drawn,” writes Chanté Joseph. “But they weren’t, which makes it even more painful.”