• Jo Miran@lemmy.ml
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    7 months ago

    It’s why we have a specific word for them. At work you have colleagues, not friends. @Delphia’s comment gives great reasons.

    PS: Try staying in touch with them. Ten years is a long time and even if they aren’t friends they are still valuable contacts.

    • DudemanJenkins@lemmy.worldOP
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      7 months ago

      Yeah I think they gave me a lot to chew on and I really need to think about them too, I’ve probably been pretty blinded by my emotions and I have to navigate that.

      I’ve been trying to separate my life between linkedin and actual social/messengers and that made me feel weirdly better just…not seeing a few names on my regular sites/programs. I don’t like that it made me feel better but it did.