This is a similar feeling I got while reading the story. > Well I thought that we'd spend a lot of time doing things together but that's not how it turned out.

This is a similar feeling I got while reading the story. > Well I thought that we'd spend a lot of time doing things together but that's not how it turned out. She's always in her room, and I'm always at work or doing my own thing. Maybe she just doesn't enjoy his company anymore? People's relationships fall apart, and not much can be done. Maybe they are at different stages in their lives, and there's not much of a connection and need in each other anymore. --- There's another comment up the chain, I thought of replying to it but deemed too off-topic. Why would Gen-Xers and Millennials would want to connect with each other in a social setting? I get the mentorship/work related networking/etc part, but other than that, why would those 2 groups talk to each other if they are not relatives? Even being just a few years apart with your friends can be weird. Sometimes it's better not to connect to each other.