I'm reaching the age where some of my peers are now divorced. What's the social protocol here for people you don't talk to often (old high school friends)? Ignore it completely? Ask about what happened? Only mention it if they mention it first?

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"Hey Mike long time no talk. I noticed you got divorced recently, what did you do?"

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Probably the latter so it doesn’t come off as if you’re trying to get tea 🤣

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