It's time to put an end to the not-so-mandatory waiting period: make plans to bring together the old and the new in your life. You're given to worrying like this, and you know it; you've done it for a long time. The good news is that if you think about it, all that worrying has never served you well. If it's still friends you're worried about, stop it. Get them together, let them handle it and see what happens.