Do you lose your old friends when you move or work in different places?

I think it's a matter of choice and depends entirely on your relationship with your friends. With the new technology, there seems to be no reason not to be in touch with people. I exchange emails with faraway friends from a previous employer of more than 30 years ago and it's great. I am also in touch of high school friends from the 60's and it's fun when we get together like once a year.

I just move 13 000 km from my home, where are all my friends.And I have to tell friendship with some of them is now much more better.We communicate probably more often like before.Altough we cannot meet each other, we still can write emails, talk on the phone and see each other through the webcam.If they have problems, it's not problem just pick up the phone and call me and the same with me.I am really glad to keep touch with them.But I also lost some friends , specialy from the job, where I used to work.How you said, the distance can play a big role sometimes.But when I can give you advice, don't wait for others to call you.Because they are thinking the same.I am gonna wait till he call me.So just pick up the phone and see how they are doing.Even if it is far from you, you would see how it will feel good to you hear about them. Some friends would vanish from your life, but the new ones will come.And those reall ones will saty friends forever.

even i m lazy but still some friends are special and i always take care of those.

Yes, I have lost some of my best friends..the close.. intimate ones with whom i shared all my Vent, Love, joy, and different moments of my life.. though sad or joy.. The thing is i have got stuck to my workplace and only my friends depart.. Once in a while i would contact them by phone and will communicate.. True hearts though stay apart, will never Depart.. Happy posting Andy.

Friends are forever.You just don't lose a good friend.Most of my very good friends are away from me,but that doesn't mean that our friendship is not as warm as it used to be. Sometimes i don't talk to them for as long as a month because of our schedules but the moment i see them or talk to them again its like the old times and there is no difference at all.I just don't think distance can come in the way of good friendships.

I'm from Norway, but I'm studying in London. So I'm going back to Norway 3-4 times every year, and this is sufficient time to stay in touch with my friends. Especially when you've got so much modern technology, like e-mail, which makes it extremely easy to keep in touch. Of course, it's hard not to loose contact if you don't meet up once in a while, though. I feel that the friends I do stay in touch with are so close and good friends that I could be gone for years without being in touch and we'd still be good friends when I got back. The not-quite-as-good friends, I just bump into when I'm in pubs and bars, and that's sufficient to maintain a friendship of that level. However, I'll admit I would probably loose more contacts if I didn't ever see them. But the bottom line is that if you ahve really good friends, you don't need to see them a lot to keep the friendship alive!

Not really. Some of those friends who generally discuss about the work, I might lose them because they have no other interest. Some the real life time friends are always intact whereever I go or whatever work I do.That is most important than temporary friends who keep coming and keep going away.

I think so too! Even after school, after you graduate, its hard to keep up with friends and their busy life style. Its very easy to loose contact with someone when you move.

Hey Andy, It happens to me too. Everytime I move to another job, I feel like I lost my old friends slowly. At the beginning we still keep in contact but slowly, maybe because we are busy about our lives too, we dont contact each other, and after that we lost contact at all.. But for me they will still my friends, if I happen visit that place again I will try to contact them...

yeah i think so too. i do lose some friends when changing jobs. i only keep in touch with those that i'm really close with. sometimes we also go out together whenever we have the time, or do a gathering. although some of my ex-colleagues are in my msn/yahoo messenger list, we don't talk to each other all the time, just sometimes. sometimes i do make it a point to say hi and find out how they've been doing, with hope to still keep the friendship alive.

Hi friend, I have so many good friends,they kept company with me in my school days , we discuss the problems together,play together,study together,However,time flies,they are adult,there are so many things they have to dael with,to complish their studies,to earn scholasships in their studies,they don't have so much extra time to communicate with me,whenever they come home from school we will have a meal have a chat... However,when we both in school we don't connect with each other quite often except for some good friendes. I think this is life,friends often have their own things to to,of course we have our own,this can't avoid, However,once we meet each other our relationships will come back,and will be good as before.;-)

This is a nice topic. Because I have often pondered where my old friends gone. It's been so long specially with people transferring from one job to another, groups disbanding and etc. There is less time to really catch up with long lost friends. I'm thankful though of the internet because we can communicate faster and better with no limitation as to time and distance. I am guilty of waiting for people to contact me too. But now that I'm getting 'older' I've learned to appreciate giving a little effort to keep in touch. Though I have not mastered it all yet, I'm doing a good job starting. Plus, with friendster I try to locate and just say Hi. But most have their own lives and new sets of friends, but I hope the bond isn't broken but soon be made stronger. Good luck to you. Have a great day ahead!

Yes some of my friends we lost contact and like you I ma tired also! because I enjoy my new friends to be with.But some of my old friends still call at me once in a while tell now.

I have the same experinces with you. When I entered high school,my best friend chose a junior colleage.When I graduated, she has been working for two years.We have different lives. During these 7 years, we seldom contacted each other. Every time I hold the telephone,I do not know what to say.Now we lost each other comepletely.I somestimes remind that how intimate we were in the primary school.

I have lost a few friend due to my moving. I had one friend that moved to Miami, and I kept calling her and no response. She was not sick or anything. I did check with her family to make sure. After awhile I gave up. I figure my true friends will stay in touch and wont let distance affect our relationship.

You don't lose them, it is just that you don't keep in touch as often as before when you guys are still working together. Same as you, the other people would eventually meet new people and make more friends. As to maintenance, I guess that is where the good ol' internet comes in. Do always keep in touch with them, even by a simple weekend email shout or sharing of thoughts. When you guys meet again, you would never hear them introduce you or even you introduce them as 'lost friends'. It would always be 'My friend'. Cheers!

My friends now are leaving in another country but we still keep in touch. If something nice happened to our lives, we email and we chat.

Well, usually the friendship changes ,and is not that close anymore since I don't maintain much contact with some of my friends from the past ,but at the same time you get to meet new friends and is fun to meet new people.

Hi ANDY; That is why we need* web blog to make our life itineraries keep on "live" to our friends, regardless for new or old friends. I used the word "need"* there. Publishing our current life cyber diary on that blog page will be more "be touched" to our friends. Dissemination of our current life's standings, activities and performances will be done by our friends from one to another by using cyber world facilities. Creating a cyber world networking now a day is a MUST to any person that can reach and fully utilized the opportunity. Just create your blog and do blogging. Not just money will come for you but the tremendous and high sky of friendship. ::Thanks, Andy.::

yeah it often hapeens to me a lot ..lol i worked in a studio a few years ago and we promised each other that we would kept in touch wit each other but however though we constantly call each other for around 6 months ...but sadly now i ndont even have the slightest idea of what going on with their lives