Are you still friends with people from school?

Great discussion. I'm still friends with one girl from my graduating class of high school. I'm still friends with a couple of other people from my high school who weren't in my class. Most of my high school friends back in the day weren't from my class because the classes were really small. (I went to a private high school.) My graduating class consisted of only eleven people! The entire school (K-3 through seniors) consisted of only about 300 people. We got to know each other very well and everyone became closer friends as a result. When I was in high school, I knew who I wanted to be friends with and who I didn't. (LOL) I think going to a private school was good for me because it helped me get to know lots of people. Just like you, I'm no longer friends with the girl who was supposedly my best friend all through high school. I know where she works and lives and even have her phone number, but I've chosen not to contact her because of some choices she made in her life that I'd rather not have to deal with. I hope you understand what I mean. I would never intentionally shut anyone out of my life unless I had a really good reason to. I still have many friends from college. My best (guy) friend from college is now my fiance. I'm really excited about that! (LOL) My best (girl) friend from college is my brother's fiance. Things usually don't work out that well for me, but I consider myself a very lucky person for these reasons. I still have many other friends from college that I keep in touch with on a regular basis thanks to Facebook. (LOL) I find it very convenient that way since I don't like to talk on the phone much unless it's my close friends and family. Great post.

My best friend has been my best friend for over 40 years. We see each other about once a year and talk on the phone about once a year, but we're still very closely connected. She and my friend Gene are my oldest friends, and we went all the way through school together. Another very close friend has been my friend for a very, very long time as well, since we were 15, and I'm a grandmother now. I haven't seen him in about 10 years and we exchange email 3 or 4 times a year, but he's still my close friend because I think of him fondly and often.

I have one friend I have known for about 47 years but we don't really stay in touch that well. We do exchange Christmas cards and we used to run into each other now and then before I moved 4 years ago. Several years ago our children went to the same schools and we would see each other there as we went to the various functions there and we would stop and speak to each other. We also happened to find jobs at the same department store over 30 years ago. I have another high school friend who I send cards to but that is all. I also have friends who I have known for 25 and 35 years who are in my sorority. We are not college affiliated and I have only missed one year since '73 and have been close friends with 2 of the women and one of their mothers who is also in our group now. We meet 2 nights a month, 9 months of the year and have gotten to know each other very well. We also have social functions that we do outside of the meetings that sometimes involve our families. I have another friend who I have known for at least 30 years who shares my first name. She and I have bowled together for years and she has been a family friend......she was a close friend of my sisters before she and I became good friends. I have another woman who became a friend 30 years ago because we started working together......I retired 2 years ago but she is still teaching and will outdo me in number of years.

yes, we were still friends, but not as close as before, we are just friends and don't share secrets anymore....not like before....we were both busy so we don't communicate much.

When I went to school to learn, I didn't have friends. Because I didn't go somewhere with my friends in the class. My parent didn't agree me to play with them. At that time, after I finish learn at school, my mother pick me up home. So I didn't have time to make friends with others.

I think people just get caught up in their own everyday lives and forget to call old long time friends, even family. I have always lived far from the place i was born and raised. I find everytime i move aways when i do call back home people haven't seen each other for years. Funny thing is they are only a 20 min drive from each other.

I'm still in touch with my school friends....but the funny thing is that we moved from the city we studied in and we all landed up in the same city.....but we don't meet at all....we haven't seen each other in the past 8 years....though we stay a couple of kms away from each other. But we mail and talk to each other on the phone atleast once a month. I've known these girls for the past 22 years.

Yes I am still in connection with my old friend with school. We are well connected with net and I have phone number of some . We talked too much in massanger and share everything here ...online . thanks !!!

No, it's no really odd. I'm not from a really small town, but I've found that I'm still very close friends with someone from high school (we did take a 15 year break though)--and we met in 1987 or 1988! I've got a friend from 1982--we see each other ocassionally, still email--still not odd. I've also got friends that I met 8 or 9 years ago (either from our children's first day of school--we see each other ocassionally, or the one that I picked up at my last job--we've been dating one another 4 1/2 years !). I once in a while will have someone contact me...it's nice to see or hear from them, but I don't really go out seeking old friends, except to say Hi!

I keep in touch with 2 of my friends from high school. One I am closer to then the other we seem to connect better then with the other one. Besides that the other one is always getting pissed off over crazy things. If we can't make her kids birthday parties when we have plans with our family she gets mad. Its crazy.

oh..u have got so many friends who were your school mates..cool!..well i had always wanted to keep in touch with my school mates..we had nicely planned for reunion and all that but it did not work out...at present i have only one friend..who is my friend from my school days..now i am working and she is going for higher studies..here comes the partition..we have made our minds to give atleast one message per day to be in touch..well.. we talk,plan a lot but sometimes v r not n a position to meet or be in touch unless v meet each other everyday..n always it is not possible to be with same friends...at some point of time v gotta get parted and we wil have new friends coming in..

Well It is rather hard for me as I graduated 38 years ago, and I also live 1,000 miles away from where i grew up. I moved away from my home- town 36 years ago. But I still do stay in touch with three of my best friends from school.Two of them do have the internet, which makes it very convient. We e-mail one another all of the time.We also call each other occasionly.When I get a chanch to go home on vacation, we always get together. It is wonderful to see them after all the years.One how-ever does not have a computor, so we just have to write one another ever so often to fill one another in, send birthday, christmas cards with picturs,etc.

Hey there ya I am friends with 99 % of my school mates and hang out with most of them or at least text most of them on a regular bases.

No, but like most people, I occasionally wonder what became of "little joe or jane". http://wwww.squidoo.com/TeeIdeas

i consider My school friends as my best buddies. Until now we still make an effort to meet up.

Hi there. I am friends with just a few people from School. I even had a guy who shared my Birthday all the way through School from Start of Primary School through to end of School full-stop, how often does that happen? Not that often I wouldn't think. Catch ya later.

I still am in contact with friend s from college who I know for about ten years or so.My high school friends are still in contact with me.I knew them for about fourteen years

Most of my friends from school have changed their phone numbers so I don't have any contacts with them now. But a few are still in touch like the ones from highschool and have been my really closest friends. They are married now and have their own children. But I would love to hear from the others too. We just text and call each other often coz we're on the opposite sides of the country right now, and some ar now working abroad. I feel excited thinking what it would be like to see them again for man years now.

I have one friend from elementary school who I exchange emails and x-mas cards with. I have another friend who once a year puts together a friends reunion from high school. It is fun to get together and see how things have changed and what people are doing with their lives.

Actually, I don't even remember the names of the people from my school way back my high school. I am so rude.. what do you think?? I am just kidding.. Of course i have lot of friends. I can;t live without these. Because they are the fountain of my wellness. Honestly, I 've got my dudes. They were always there for me through ups and down. Also, I've got my girlfriend. Awesome isn't it?? I am just so proud to have her as the woman of my life. I would do anything for her without any hesitations. I can't afford to lose her. She is the only one who keeps my heart beating and she is the reason why I continue on living, isn;t that sweet?? (giggles) Thanks a lot for a nice discussion you;ve got there.. keep up the good work