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Aisha had been in the same group chat with her secondary school crew for nine years. Every birthday, every breakup, every “who’s buying fuel this time?” they were there. But lately she’d gone quiet. Not on purpose. Life just got loud: new job, new city, new version of herself that didn’t quite fit the old jokes anymore. One night the chat exploded with memories from a trip they took in 2019. Everyone tagging her. Laughing emojis. Voice notes. She stared at the screen, thumb hovering, feeling like an impostor in her own story. Finally, she typed: “Guys… I miss you. But I think I’m becoming someone even I don’t fully recognize yet.” The chat went silent for a full minute. Then her best friend replied: “Good. We’ll miss the old you too. But we’re not going anywhere while you figure out the new one.” She cried in her Uber like a proper adult. Sometimes the most loyal friends are the ones who let you ghost… and still leave the door open.
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