We all want to fit in. It's human nature. Many people will comment if it's an illness they can relate to. If they can't it's often common to see them go quiet. It happened when I lost my mom as well. Those that lost a parent or close loved one had to tell me their story. If you can relate then we could move past it together. If not then it got uncomfortable and I felt they wouldn't understand and they didn't know how to help as a friend. It creates a gap. A few of those gaps and you can still be friends. Too many gaps and you feel you are no longer connected to the person and it's easy to see lifetime friendships go away because we no longer feel we have things in common.

I have found if I try to close the gaps with other things we had or could have in common the. I can save a friendship. Maybe just go to lunch and talk. If it's shallow and one sided it probably won't last. That's true of most relationships I think...

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