Forever Friends?

You remind me of my wife who had the same experience since she moved in with me when we got married. She even said that the saying "absence make the heart grow fonder" does not work anymore. People just change when they assume you have changed because you are far away.

It is a shame when you lose friends just over moving abroad. You might have moved far away but that really shouldn't change the dynamics of a good friendship. I am sorry to hear of your misfortune. If they were really good friends funkybuddha they would continue to somehow correspond with you and not be ignorant to your new life. I guess that some people are afraid of change.

How true! Friends that I considered close rarely keep in touch these days. I wonder if we would be recognize each other when we do meet. It's not like before we had to write long letters and post them. Nowadays technology has improved so much that we just need some time to talk/chat with them online, but still people are not interested. What can we do? I guess only people who feel close to us and want us in their lives take the pain to do what is necessary to keep in touch. Others need physical presence to keep friends. I guess we have to make do with just those of the former type and just keep the good memories with the latter.

I think as people grow apart, friends find new interests and get new problems. So it's harder to relate to them as you once new them before. People are always changing, and it's hard to keep a connection when you have different lives.