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Encore: When Your Loved Ones Just Don't 'Get It'

Dear Sugars

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The Lonely War Vet's Phenomenon

When you get feel angry, what you're seeing in your friends is who you used to be before this happened. And right now they don't make you feel known anymore. That doesn't mean they don't love you. I also think lonely war that most of these beloved friends are devastated for you. They want to understand your loss. And they want to be there for you, even if they can't look you in the eyes and say, I know exactly how you feel. Yeah. The one thing we can say for sure is, please don't try to put on a happy face. Happy faces never work. They never work.

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