When close friends have incompatible approaches to how (or how often) they want to connect, things can get complicated quickly—it can be especially hard to strike the balance between taking care of your own needs versus supporting your friends in theirs, especially if they're constantly pushing to meet up in person, expecting you to drop everything to respond to a text because "we have so much time on our hands right now," or otherwise asking more of you than you're able to give.
Figure out your boundaries and stick to them.
Boundaries are a crucial way of protecting your emotional health.
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