Through-out my life, I've found myself saying goodbye to people, redefining relationships, letting relationships go, and hunting new ones
I think that most of us are in similar situations; in my experience, the friendship that lasts from childhood to the grave is a very rare thing indeed. We grow up, we grow apart, and life carries us along different paths. My best friend in school and I have been friends for over 40 years, but our lives are very much apart...we reconnect briefly every couple of years, and when we get together, it's like we are still those kids. I have 3 or 4 other women friends, whom I have known for more than 20 years. But there have been many others who have come, and gone over the years; sometimes it's just that the friendship no longer served one or the other of us (often it's that a new relationship has sprung up, taking the energy that used to be directed towards our friendship), and sometimes it's just that distance and time weaken the bond. I think it's truly possible to continue to make new friendships all our lives, as long as we are open and willing to take a chance. I have found so many new friends in the last few years, through ATPo, and Livejournal, that I feel quite positive that even if I were 90, I could still find others to call friend.
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Date: 2006-05-15 04:38 am (UTC)I think that most of us are in similar situations; in my experience, the friendship that lasts from childhood to the grave is a very rare thing indeed. We grow up, we grow apart, and life carries us along different paths. My best friend in school and I have been friends for over 40 years, but our lives are very much apart...we reconnect briefly every couple of years, and when we get together, it's like we are still those kids. I have 3 or 4 other women friends, whom I have known for more than 20 years. But there have been many others who have come, and gone over the years; sometimes it's just that the friendship no longer served one or the other of us (often it's that a new relationship has sprung up, taking the energy that used to be directed towards our friendship), and sometimes it's just that distance and time weaken the bond.
I think it's truly possible to continue to make new friendships all our lives, as long as we are open and willing to take a chance. I have found so many new friends in the last few years, through ATPo, and Livejournal, that I feel quite positive that even if I were 90, I could still find others to call friend.