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Ask Rebecca is smart, honest advice to readers’ questions about life, family and relationships by columnist Rebecca Eckler. Got a question for Rebecca? Submit it anonymously on the form here. You can also send an email to NPadvice@postmedia.com. Dear Rebecca: I’m a 30-year-old woman facing a situation that’s causing me more anxiety than I’d like to admit. In a few weeks, I’ll be attending a destination milestone birthday party for a mutual friend, and for the first time in almost three years, I’ll be seeing someone I once considered one of my closest friends. We were friends from the...