I’m feeling pretty lost and could really use some advice on my friendship that’s starting to break my heart. I moved to Alaska about five years ago for a job, and I’ve made a quiet little life that’s been really good for me. I’m not into the dating scene here, so it’s mostly just me, my cat, and my cooking and reading. Shortly after I moved, I connected with a friend through our college alumni group on FB. We were quick friends, practically the same age, same kind of sarcastic humor and settled lives, and we both came here from out of state, so neither of us really had any other friends. For a while, we were each other’s go-to for everything – dinner, drinks, an occasional concert. When COVID hit, we got even closer. We spent so much time together because we were both single and it was comforting really to have a good human being to spend time with, cooking (she bakes), watching movies and talking and drinking wine.