208. Q+A: "My best friend and I are in different life stages... how do we stay close while growing in different directions?"

Honeydew Me

Cassandra Anderson

Self-improvement, Education, Sexuality, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 533 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode we're answering one of YOUR questions with a combination of expert tips, personal experience, and a whole lot of vulnerability. The Question: "My best friend and I have been inseparable for years, but now we’re in different life stages—she’s focused on her career and dating and I’m starting a family. It’s hard to stay as close as we were. How can we keep this friendship strong while growing in different directions?" We cover: • Expert tips for navigating change within a friendship • Questions you need to ask yourself • Conversations you need to be having with your friend • Ways to support one another • Permission to just be sad... because honestly change sucks sometimes (even when it's a good thing) For more episodes like this, SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON HERE! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	One in a million.
0:02.0	You're a gem shine when the light grows dim.
0:04.3	See one, two, three, four, three, two, one.
0:08.2	Because no one can do it like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it, like we do it.
0:16.4	Because no one can do it like who we do it like we do it, like we do it.
0:20.5	Because no one can do it like we do it like we do it, like we do it like we do it. Hello.
0:26.4	Hello.
0:27.3	Welcome to Honey to Me podcast.
0:28.9	I'm Cass.
0:30.0	And I'm Emma.
0:31.0	And this is our podcast where we talk about everything that is sex, friendship, mental
0:35.0	health, relationships, on the bed, under the bed, out the door,
0:40.9	in between. In between. Everything that seems like it should feel easy, but isn't always that
0:48.3	easy. That's where we come in. We're your besties. Yes, we are. Yes, we are. Hello. Hello. How are you? I'm good. Okay. I always screenshot things when it's like been a minute since we've talked or caught up. Yeah. And this one feels like something I'd want to share in the podcast realm. Okay. Amazing. Can't me with it. I kind of hope. Okay. So these like Facebook pages where are we dating
1:12.0	the same guy, I hope I don't get kicked out of it because you're not really supposed to share.
1:15.1	And I'm not sharing the name. I'm sharing the funny succession of events.
1:20.7	Okay. I love it. Okay. This is so funny.
1:24.9	Someone posted a picture of this guy who's like relatively attractive. I'll show you
1:30.3	because no one else can see like fine. Okay. Got it. Sitting on a pumpkin. Um, he actually is.
1:36.3	That wasn't sexual. And it's like from his dating profile. And so what his profile says about me,
1:43.5	if you want to feel safe and respected, Swipe
1:45.9	right, I truly feel that men are here to be your protectors not to harm or victimize anyone.
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