In today's Asking Eric column, R. Eric Thomas responds to someone who has lost interest in a longtime friendship.

I have a group of three girlfriends from middle school/high school. We stayed close during college and were in each other’s weddings, etc. I have known these women for more than 50 years. There is one person in the group that I have been consistently close with over the many years.

I asked friendship expert Anna Goldfarb, author of the book “Modern Friendship: How to Nurture Our Most Valued Connections” and the Substack newsletter “Friendship Explained

I no longer have anything in common with them except the length of time that we’ve known each other. I would like to withdraw from (the quarterly) gatherings.