Atm I’m trying to take a step back in my IEE friendships. I have 2 IEE friends. I’m not super close to either but close enough. I just know that there’s no point because when you get too close to them you start to trust them, only to be disappointed, and you start fearing that feeling of being hurt. I’m sure it’s the same for them too. So I feel a lot more comfortable making the decision to be a bit cooler with them when they start putting pressure on to be closer. It’s so much more pleasant this way. I think we’ll still have the deep convos we used to have, they’ll probably be less frequent but maybe actually better quality.