Do you still have friends from your younger days?

[Pie_man]

I graduated high school 5 years ago and I've kept 5 good friends since then that I still hang out with.

Obviously I've made new friends at college, work and social events but my childhood friends have gone their own way.

I knew this one guy. We've been friends since we were 6. We were like brothers by the time we were 13. By the time we were 15 he started to hang out with his cousins and I basically only got to see him in school. After high school he spent one semester at the college I went to before he dropped out. I haven't heard anything from him since then. That was 4 and a half years ago.

Man I hate how things changed between me and him.

[Innominate]

I've feathered away after high school, but I still keep in touch with a few people that date back to early grade school.

[crudemood]

the longest ive had a friend is maybe 3-4 years tops. all the others just commme and go. thats normal!

[StickyfingahZ]

I only keep in touch with maybe 3 of the group of ten that used to chill together.One of my buddies I started smokeing weed in high school with...now,I am back....smoking with him again,LOL.

[Frickr]

the closest one i had, got me arrested, then wouldnt come bail my ass out of jail when i called.... and i still talk to him every now and then, and when hes back in town i still hang out with him.... other than that, its only been a year since i got out of school, and i talk to hardly anyone, just my girlfriend and a couple of her friends out of the school now. and noone out of my class unless if i see them around

[LIP]

Yeah, i've got a couple mates from REALLY young, 5 years old upwards, and a couple from my teens. I supose i've got about 15- 20 friends that i've grown up with.

[Nightcrewman]

I occasionally bump into a few friends from school but now all my current friends have been met since leaving school, my oldest friend I have had for about 20 years or so.

NCM

[beachguy in thongs]

I haven't seen anyone since my high school reunion, four years ago.

[birdgirl73]

I graduated high school 30 years ago and still have two close friends from those days. One I've actually known since I was about 18 months old and our parents used to walk together while taking us out in our strollers. We were childhood playmates who grew into adult playmates. The other I've known since I was 14, which is 32 years. I have a few other acquaintances who were school colleagues that I keep up with through my parents, who socialize with their parents. Those are mostly "hearsay" acquaintances instead of friends.

[Nochowderforyou]

From high school, no, I hated HS. :p I got kicked out after the 2nd semester after they realized suspensions were giving me more pleasure than harm. :D

But, I did graduate 2 years ago finally, and no, I don't keep in touch with any of my classmates. It's too bad really because we had a lot of fun. It was HS work, but at age 23 at a college, with a bar, it seemed more like a vacation than work.

My junior high buddies though I keep in touch with one. I still saw other friends from back then, but I never really called them, but this 1 guy I have known since I was about 11. He's a good guy, but he has some problems and our differences kind of clash now, so we talk, not really hang out.

So to answer the question, I guess not really. Too bad really, but when you change your life for the better, friends are one of the first things to go.

[LIP]

From high school, no, I hated HS. :p I got kicked out after the 2nd semester after they realized suspensions were giving me more pleasure than harm. :D

But, I did graduate 2 years ago finally, and no, I don't keep in touch with any of my classmates. It's too bad really because we had a lot of fun. It was HS work, but at age 23 at a college, with a bar, it seemed more like a vacation than work.

My junior high buddies though I keep in touch with one. I still saw other friends from back then, but I never really called them, but this 1 guy I have known since I was about 11. He's a good guy, but he has some problems and our differences kind of clash now, so we talk, not really hang out.

So to answer the question, I guess not really. Too bad really, but when you change your life for the better, friends are one of the first things to go.

We're quite similar you know - i HATED secondry[ high school]school [nothing was relevent to life, and i hated being told what to do by idiots who didnt care about anything] - i was suspended alot of the time and enjoyed it - and just before i was going to be expelled [at about 14] i just quit and never went back. The only things i learnt in school was reading, writing, maths and some science. I taught myself the rest, and the relevent stuff.

I was also one of only 2 or 3 pollitical people in my year, well, people who knew what they was talking about. Things like THAT should be taught. Responicibility, information about mortgages and equity, governemnt set up and LIFE in general.

Maybe if school was relevent to real life i would have stayed.

[eazystar]

yeah i kept 4 of my best friends since i was in grade school, one i've known since i was born. i don't know what i'd do if they weren't around.
most of my high school friends have moved on in their lives, some i see around town. i'm waiting for the 10yr reunion.

[thechief69]

We're quite similar you know - i HATED secondry[ high school]school [nothing was relevent to life, and i hated being told what to do by idiots who didnt care about anything] - i was suspended alot of the time and enjoyed it - and just before i was going to be expelled [at about 14] i just quit and never went back. The only things i learnt in school was reading, writing, maths and some science. I taught myself the rest, and the relevent stuff.

I was also one of only 2 or 3 pollitical people in my year, well, people who knew what they was talking about. Things like THAT should be taught. Responicibility, information about mortgages and equity, governemnt set up and LIFE in general.

Maybe if school was relevent to real life i would have stayed.

Ha ha only 10 spelling errors. It's all good, I know what you mean. School is meant to teach you how to do the work that you're given, not necessarily be relevant to everything. :jointsmile:

[Trip06]

I had a few friends from sophmore year till just before senior year in highschool, But That was then. 3 years later I dont have any but once I get some new employment im going to get into some new hobbies and more into what im into and Ill get some people with the same intrests.

[Dren]

I've been out of high school for 4 years and despite the fact that my hometown is less than an hour away I very rarely see or talk to any of my old friends.

I think it's just part of life, you grow up and people move on in different directions. I just smoke lots of ganj and enjoy the time I've got however possible. :rasta:

[Mississippi Steve]

I can count the number of friends that I have on one hand. THe longest known is 30 years. I have many hundreds of aquaintenses.

[ghosty]

I've got a group of a few friends that I've known since early grade school, one of them even since preschool. My best friend in the world I've known since 2nd grade is moving down to Missouri next week to go to school. I'm gonna be bummed when he goes, he's almost like a brother to me we hang out all the time.

[Hrpuffnstuff]

im living in Chicago going to college but when i go home to D.C. ive been hangnin out with the same guys since i was five. smoking everyday. I have great friends in Chicago as well.:rastasmoke:

[PackAnotherBowl]

I still have alot of my friends from back in the day.

[DaZeDShAdOw]

known my best friend now for 14 years.......... pretty long time, hes like a brother as well.

[fasterspider]

I graduated high school 5 years ago and I've kept 5 good friends since then that I still hang out with.

Obviously I've made new friends at college, work and social events but my childhood friends have gone their own way.

I knew this one guy. We've been friends since we were 6. We were like brothers by the time we were 13. By the time we were 15 he started to hang out with his cousins and I basically only got to see him in school. After high school he spent one semester at the college I went to before he dropped out. I haven't heard anything from him since then. That was 4 and a half years ago.

Man I hate how things changed between me and him.

You are still in your younger days.
I graduated "High" School in 1980 and I hated all the people I grew up with.
I do however have one friend that I have been friends with since 1981 but everyone else from my past can bite my shiny metal ass.

[luvfriday]

Give it 5 or 10 more years and you will have lost touch with even more people. Im 33 and I cant think of 1 friend I have I went to school with, I still live in the same area they have all left but where or why I do not know.

[NinjaToke]

i still hang out with 2 dudes that ive chilled with since 9th grade and im in my 3rd year of college now... come to think of it i still hang out with my friend from 6th grade alot... then there are a few from like 10th grade... ionno i like keeping a close group of friends around... its nice to have people u can trust with pretty much anything

[LIP]

Wow im lucky. I have more people that i've known for years than most. Probably coz my area is very tightly knit and we stick together.

[psychocat]

Having travelled a lot I haven't really kept up with anyone , I don't ever need people and have often preferred my own company , I suppose I would be seen as a lone wolf.
I mix well with people and find it incredibly easy to make friends but I've always been a little on the edge and to protect others I kept them at a distance.
I have a few very reliable old friends who I know and we consider each other brothers till the end , one is an old Hells Angel from the north of England (where I was born) I've known him over 30 years. Another is a German guy I used to run my coffee shop with when I lived in Holland , I've known him almost 20 years and there's one more "TRUE" friend from back in my schooldays who has stood back to back with me when the it started kicking off.
It's better to have only one extremely good friend than a thousand okay ones.

[BizzleLuvin]

i guess it IS normal that friends come and go.....
I still keep in touch with my childhood friend Camille. We go to colleges that are across the US, I'm here in MD and she is AALLLLL the way in Washington state. The last time we saw eachother was shortly after Halloween when she flew over because her older sister Natale had a baby boy. We went to IHOP and caught up. But we really don't 'hang out' like we used to. it's more through emailing and brief visits when the circumstances are right.

other than that....I have moved on to new friends. my best friendship I have formed in college, with Geoff, and I anticipate a lasting relationship into our adulthood. The funny thing is, we went to elementary school together and were in the same class but we never spoke! Years and years later we have run full circle and are the best buddies ever. Here's a picture of us:

[evilkorn]

I graduated high school 5 years ago and I've kept 5 good friends since then that I still hang out with.

Obviously I've made new friends at college, work and social events but my childhood friends have gone their own way.

I knew this one guy. We've been friends since we were 6. We were like brothers by the time we were 13. By the time we were 15 he started to hang out with his cousins and I basically only got to see him in school. After high school he spent one semester at the college I went to before he dropped out. I haven't heard anything from him since then. That was 4 and a half years ago.

Man I hate how things changed between me and him.

That is the same way I am. I have been out of high school for the same amount of time and have one friend that I have known sense 5th grade, we are like brothers. We currently share an apartment together, my first his second, with his wife whom I had never meet till we started hanging out together less than a year and a half ago after drifting apart for 4 years.

I have another few friends that I see on a less than weekly basis. Then there are the friends that I see less often and when I do see them it's around weed.

I personally don't miss the people I don't see anymore. Though it is nice to see them every once-in-awhile, I don't think about them much nor do I go out of my way to talk to them.

[devils dream]

Having travelled a lot I haven't really kept up with anyone , I don't ever need people and have often preferred my own company , I suppose I would be seen as a lone wolf.
I mix well with people and find it incredibly easy to make friends but I've always been a little on the edge and to protect others I kept them at a distance........

in reference to what psychocat had to say, i've known too many people who claim they are trying to protect others when they back away, i think its all rubbish its for themselves, either through their own fears when someone gets too close, or an inability to see that sometimes one of those true, trustworthy and loyal friends is the person they are running from.:rasta:

[2600HERTZ]

21 now, and I keep in touch with the same group I had in high school, we all talk once a week or so, but we have our own things we do. Alot of them hang out with people I used to also hanf with in high school but wasnt great friend with, so it is weird seeing it recycled like that.

But yeah, people move on man, as interests become more obscured and a path is developed you lose those same conenctions with people.

[4twentE]

got a couple i've known for 20 years or so. most of my close friends are from high school about 10 years ago

[psychocat]

in reference to what psychocat had to say, i've known too many people who claim they are trying to protect others when they back away, i think its all rubbish its for themselves, either through their own fears when someone gets too close, or an inability to see that sometimes one of those true, trustworthy and loyal friends is the person they are running from.:rasta:

I have seen first hand how dificult it can be for anyone close to me to accept the fallout of my choices , no mother wants to see thier son all smashed up after his 20th motorcycle crash , what she didn't know couldn't hurt her.
I was a competitive Thai boxer which my girl of the time had problems with , there were many reasons for keeping close ones out of the action of my life and I suppose to some they would seem selfish but I don't see it that way.
My choices were selfish in as much as I knew how difficult it was for my loved ones to accept that any sane person would put themselves into the insane situations that I did , and yet I still made the choice to do it.
I have to live with my choices as everyone does however I can say I have no regrets , how many people can say the same ?

My family learned to accept that I am an adrenaline freak and my friends all know me well enough to know I'm not ready to compromise just yet.

[devils dream]

I have seen first hand how dificult it can be for anyone close to me to accept the fallout of my choices , no mother wants to see thier son all smashed up after his 20th motorcycle crash , what she didn't know couldn't hurt her.
I was a competitive Thai boxer which my girl of the time had problems with , there were many reasons for keeping close ones out of the action of my life and I suppose to some they would seem selfish but I don't see it that way.
My choices were selfish in as much as I knew how difficult it was for my loved ones to accept that any sane person would put themselves into the insane situations that I did , and yet I still made the choice to do it.
I have to live with my choices as everyone does however I can say I have no regrets , how many people can say the same ?

My family learned to accept that I am an adrenaline freak and my friends all know me well enough to know I'm not ready to compromise just yet.

thats all well and good but it depends on how someone seperates away from another person, if someone you think is a friend disappears after texting and asking to sleep on your sofa, you hear nothing from them they don't call, text or explain, that causes upset cofusion and shows absolutely no respect. that is most deffinately selfish, but if someone explains things and doesn't confuse things by leaving loose ends, then no i wouldn't say its selfish.