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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Annalisa Barbieri

My former friends are ignoring me when I try to reconnect. Why does it hurt so much?

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Recently, I have become very upset about past colleagues who were once friends or housemates, ghosting or ignoring me on social media.

I worked abroad with these colleagues and when I moved back to Europe with my husband, we began a family. I am a stay-at-home mum of two lovely young children and I went off the radar for a few years due to pregnancies, births, the passing away of my dad and then raising kids. I also had a miscarriage before my eldest was born and it took me a while to recover emotionally.

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