Old Friends

01-20-2002, 07:57 PM

Do many of you older folks keep in touch with people you grew up with?
In the last six months or so I've "found" my best friend from H.S. and my brother's best friend, my pseudo "little brother", both online.
What great people!
Still honest, still caring and still funny funny people!
Life is beautiful.

Staralfur · 01-20-2002, 09:24 PM

I wouldn't class myself as one of the 'older folk', but I know what you mean.

At the moment I keep in close touch with about 5 of my school mates from about 4 years ago, and see a couple others not so reguarly. Ok it's not that long ago, but I think I know which of these five I will carry on being in contact with. Not because the others aren't good friends at the moment, but they're the ones whom I can no longer chat to without feeling quite at ease. I guess people just grow apart.

What is also interesting, is that when I met up with about 8 other people from my school last month. I hadn't seen them for about 3 years, but we all quite happily slipped back into the characters we had been then.

Redblueflare · 01-21-2002, 01:13 AM

Well i've had problems keeping up with friends. I always write them back but guess what? They move before they get the letter, and they don't send any address either. Sometimes I want to kick myself in the pants for losing that email address. [img]graemlins/1pissed.gif[/img] I thought I was never going to get the internet. *sigh* I swear I won't let it happen again, but it probably will...

Scholarcs · 01-21-2002, 02:28 AM

Well I havent left school yet, but I have wondered whether I will continue to know my close friends, or whether I will make a new set entirely.
It would be nice to keep up with old friends, but after a time you spread out, move apart etc, and work at different jobs. I guess you lose what you have in common.

01-21-2002, 11:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Scholarcs:
I guess you lose what you have in common.

That's what I thought when I was younger. (I'm going to be 40 one day this week btw)

Surprisingly enough, the only common bond we all lost was our place of residence...at least with the two people I mentioned above, everything else is just like it was when we were teens...we're still close, we can still talk about anything, and we still crack each other up.

I've gotten in touch with other friends and in the case of most of the guys, their spouses won't let them maintain friendships with women (even though I never dated any of the guys I grew up with) and they comply by totally ignoring me (lol) and then some of the women are just too busy with their online fun, or want me to do it all their way (like "I'll talk to you if you get Paltalk and a webcam" LOL) but its all cool...the two I originally mentioned (one male, the other female) have always been my all-time favorite people from "back home" and twenty years has done nothing to change anything in our relationships.

Long Live Friendship!

Pangur Ban · 01-24-2002, 06:34 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Moni:

That's what I thought when I was younger. (I'm going to be 40 one day this week btw)

Many happy returns, Moni .... [img]graemlins/nicekitty.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/nicekitty.gif[/img]

Back on topic, now

Strange to say, I only ever saw one of my classmates from high school, after I walked home after that very last exam. ( and a few months later, he came to visit me at uni, and I caught him reading my personal diary - he had broken the lock on it by force - and that ended that friendship !! ).

Made an entire new set of friends when I played AD&D for a while, but don't see any more of them, either, since I stopped playing.

I've got lots of people I that I know and talk , but I've lost all my old friends. ~sniff

I agree with the prior comments - people just move in different directions or just drift away. The worst losses are the 'friends' that you thought you could trust - and then they prove you wrong.

Elif Godson · 01-24-2002, 10:27 AM

Yupper's, my bestest friend for 20 year's now. We have a few hundred miles between us, but we get together at least once evryother month for a few day's. It drives my poor wife crazy that two people can be so alike. Otherwise I still hang out with other people from Elementry school ie since I was around 10 yr's old. So it is possible..

01-20-2002, 09:24 PM	#2
Staralfur Baaz Draconian Join Date: April 8, 2001 Location: Nottingham, UK Age: 44 Posts: 786	I wouldn't class myself as one of the 'older folk', but I know what you mean. At the moment I keep in close touch with about 5 of my school mates from about 4 years ago, and see a couple others not so reguarly. Ok it's not that long ago, but I think I know which of these five I will carry on being in contact with. Not because the others aren't good friends at the moment, but they're the ones whom I can no longer chat to without feeling quite at ease. I guess people just grow apart. What is also interesting, is that when I met up with about 8 other people from my school last month. I hadn't seen them for about 3 years, but we all quite happily slipped back into the characters we had been then. __________________ We\'ve heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the Complete Works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true.\"<br />Robert Wilensky <br /><br />\"Why is there only one Monopolies Commission?\" <br />Screaming Lord Sutch<br /><br />If you choke a smurf, what color does it turn?

01-21-2002, 01:13 AM	#3
Redblueflare Galvatron Join Date: May 9, 2001 Location: The backwoods in Georgia sigh Age: 39 Posts: 2,151	Well i've had problems keeping up with friends. I always write them back but guess what? They move before they get the letter, and they don't send any address either. Sometimes I want to kick myself in the pants for losing that email address. [img]graemlins/1pissed.gif[/img] I thought I was never going to get the internet. sigh I swear I won't let it happen again, but it probably will... __________________ <br /><br />\"If you ever need me just whistle, and i\'ll come running. I promise. <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Smile]\" src=\"smile.gif\" /> <br />Kupo, Kupo! A man can\'t get a sword if he can\'t dance! <img border=\"0\" title=\"\" alt=\"[Big Grin]\" src=\"biggrin.gif\" />

01-21-2002, 11:10 AM	#5
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	quote: Originally posted by Scholarcs: I guess you lose what you have in common. That's what I thought when I was younger. (I'm going to be 40 one day this week btw) Surprisingly enough, the only common bond we all lost was our place of residence...at least with the two people I mentioned above, everything else is just like it was when we were teens...we're still close, we can still talk about anything, and we still crack each other up. I've gotten in touch with other friends and in the case of most of the guys, their spouses won't let them maintain friendships with women (even though I never dated any of the guys I grew up with) and they comply by totally ignoring me (lol) and then some of the women are just too busy with their online fun, or want me to do it all their way (like "I'll talk to you if you get Paltalk and a webcam" LOL) but its all cool...the two I originally mentioned (one male, the other female) have always been my all-time favorite people from "back home" and twenty years has done nothing to change anything in our relationships. Long Live Friendship!

01-24-2002, 06:34 AM	#6
Pangur Ban Avatar Join Date: June 3, 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 64 Posts: 569	quote: Originally posted by Moni: That's what I thought when I was younger. (I'm going to be 40 one day this week btw) Many happy returns, Moni .... [img]graemlins/nicekitty.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/nicekitty.gif[/img] Back on topic, now Strange to say, I only ever saw one of my classmates from high school, after I walked home after that very last exam. ( and a few months later, he came to visit me at uni, and I caught him reading my personal diary - he had broken the lock on it by force - and that ended that friendship !! ). Made an entire new set of friends when I played AD&D for a while, but don't see any more of them, either, since I stopped playing. I've got lots of people I that I know and talk , but I've lost all my old friends. ~sniff I agree with the prior comments - people just move in different directions or just drift away. The worst losses are the 'friends' that you thought you could trust - and then they prove you wrong. __________________ Not enough time to care ....

01-24-2002, 10:27 AM	#7
Elif Godson Dracolich Join Date: August 28, 2001 Location: Hurricane Valley Age: 51 Posts: 3,089	Yupper's, my bestest friend for 20 year's now. We have a few hundred miles between us, but we get together at least once evryother month for a few day's. It drives my poor wife crazy that two people can be so alike. Otherwise I still hang out with other people from Elementry school ie since I was around 10 yr's old. So it is possible.. __________________ Children get Arthritis too! http://awtampa.kintera.org/jaaware

01-20-2002, 07:57 PM	#1
Moni Guest Posts: n/a	Do many of you older folks keep in touch with people you grew up with? In the last six months or so I've "found" my best friend from H.S. and my brother's best friend, my pseudo "little brother", both online. What great people! Still honest, still caring and still funny funny people! Life is beautiful.

01-21-2002, 02:28 AM	#4
Scholarcs Red Dragon Join Date: December 5, 2001 Location: Auckland, New Zealand Age: 38 Posts: 1,557	Well I havent left school yet, but I have wondered whether I will continue to know my close friends, or whether I will make a new set entirely. It would be nice to keep up with old friends, but after a time you spread out, move apart etc, and work at different jobs. I guess you lose what you have in common.

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