Freyith
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By older, I mean those of us who, like myself, are in our mid-to-late twenties or older, where life may have dictated that we either move away or put us in a position to lose touch with our childhood friends. They say friendships you make during adulthood are different because they're more choice-driven than the necessity of forming groups and cliques in school in order to survive socially. As adults, our friendships are far more likely to be based on mutual interests that don't always equate to informed self-interest.
I don't remember most of the people from my actual childhood, since I moved around a lot. (save from a couple of friends from when I lived in Florida, when I got into MK in '93 or so). I haven't spoken to them in almost twenty years, so I have no idea what's up with them. I don't even talk anymore with my closest friends through high school--most of whom were boys because they liked the same things I did. One of these friends moved to Colorado, the other (to my knowledge) is still within driving distance, but I haven't seen either in 4 years, and before that, I saw them very infrequently. My life--and by extension, my very self--has changed a lot since we were in school, so I doubt we'd have much in common now. They were both privileged, granted excellent educations and are fast-tracked for white-collar work. I'm... not.
I imagine for those of you that grew up in one place and still live there, it must be a lot different. Do you still keep in touch? Do you have anything to talk about?
I don't remember most of the people from my actual childhood, since I moved around a lot. (save from a couple of friends from when I lived in Florida, when I got into MK in '93 or so). I haven't spoken to them in almost twenty years, so I have no idea what's up with them. I don't even talk anymore with my closest friends through high school--most of whom were boys because they liked the same things I did. One of these friends moved to Colorado, the other (to my knowledge) is still within driving distance, but I haven't seen either in 4 years, and before that, I saw them very infrequently. My life--and by extension, my very self--has changed a lot since we were in school, so I doubt we'd have much in common now. They were both privileged, granted excellent educations and are fast-tracked for white-collar work. I'm... not.
I imagine for those of you that grew up in one place and still live there, it must be a lot different. Do you still keep in touch? Do you have anything to talk about?