Fairweather Friends
The first paragraph explores where some individuals tend to withdraw from their existing friendships when entering serious relationships. It acknowledges that this behavior is not universal, as many people successfully balance their new relationships with maintaining their old friendships. Despite this, the paragraph highlights that some individuals completely disappear from their friends’ lives after marriage.
The paragraph then offers a perspective, suggesting that these disappearing friends might be sparing the writer from constant conversations about their children’s achievements. It implies that their absence may have been a loss in some ways, but it might have spared the writer from monotonous conversations about their friends’ kids’ accomplishments. This duality of emotions regarding friends who disappear into their relationships is explored, presenting a nuanced view of the situation.