DEAR ERIC: I am a married man in my early 40s with no kids.

My wife does a good job keeping in touch with friends of hers from her childhood and throughout the years in her life despite not living near them and being in different phases of life.

It’s admittedly a lot harder for me. I have a few close buddies that I continue to keep in touch with, none of whom live nearby.

Prior to the pandemic and to two out-of-state moves, my social circle was much larger: nearby friends who I met as a young adult after college as well as a couple of other good buddies in other geographic regions who I have known since college or prior. As with many things during the pandemic, these friendships just seemed to fall off.

My wife and parents have all been asking more about some of the previous friends, w

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