Am I a bad person for not being able to connect with my friend?

Am I a bad person for not being able to connect with my friend?
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It sounds like your friendship has run its course. You have probably noticed by this time in your life that some of the people you were good friends with in high school and college have drifted away from each other because you really have nothing in common anymore. That sounds like what has happened here. Some friends drift away for a few years and reconnect later in life. Maybe this will happen to this friendship. But in the meantime it seems you both are struggling to have conversations because you have nothing in common. I wouldn’t make an effort to connect with her, but if she texts, text back. It costs nothing to be cordial.
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