Do you still meet your school friends?
By rakesh284
@rakesh284 (1472)
India
March 20, 2009 7:14am CST
We all have many friends they are from different places with which are connected in some way.
We go to schools and make friends to share different things, then we go to tuitions and make some friends there too.
After schools we go to colleges and make some friends over there too.
After education we go to work somewhere and we will definitely have some friends over there too.
In such a situation do still manage to meet your old school friends?
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@TheCatLady (4691)
• Israel
21 Mar 09
I see them very rarely. We mostly keep in contact by email and on facebook. 2 years ago I saw a few of my old friends. It was wonderful to see them again after being away for 12 years. I hope to see them again in a few years.
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@angellyril (249)
• Philippines
21 Mar 09
Yes I do, we even have time to celebrate and have time to go out and party or go at the beach whenever we have time... i just love communicating with them every now and then...
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@SViswan (12051)
• India
4 Mar 10
I wasn't in touch with many of my primary school friends...but was in touch with a few of my high school friends in India because we were from the same place. But I lost touch with all my high school friends from Kuwait...because the Gulf invasion took place during our school vacations...and a few of us were travelling..and there was absolutely no way of contacting anyone during the time....and we were all fleeing to our respective countries.
But thanks to Orkut and Facebook...2 years back, I started finding most of my old friends and now we have found each other (ell, almost all of us)...and we even had one reunion and planning 2 other reunions.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
5 Mar 10
Thanks for your response
I think you have witnessed a really different event which made you away from your friends.
Interestingly you still find some of them on different sites.
I think you might have felt really nice when first found your friend and then that hope made you find rest all with whom you are on touch now!!
@dolce_vita78 (8062)
• Philippines
24 Dec 09
Hi there rakesh284!
I think one of the things we should be doing even years after school is to meet up with our friends. This is one thing I enjoy especially after many years of not seeing each other. Those of my school friends who are just around, well, we get to see each other very often. Those who are already based in other places and other countries, we only get to meet once in a while. But each time is really memorable.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
24 Dec 09
Yes that's 100% true.
We should organize few reunions once or twice in a year with our school friends.
These moments might be really memorable.
Now I enjoying good moments with my college friends with whom I have good contacts both online and offline.
@LCHBheart (167)
• Singapore
21 Mar 09
I am still in contact with someone from my Primary School, someone from my Secondary School, and someone from my polytechnic. Well, as long as there is ONE person, I guess it's not too bad.
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@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
3 Apr 09
Thanks for sharing your views in this Discussion.
I think you are lucky just like me because even I meet some f my college friends but we meet frequently.
Once in one or two weeks.
@kellys3ps (3723)
• United States
22 Mar 09
I haven't seen most of my friends from high school, but I did see one of my friends from high school on my birthday, and we will be having a mini-reunion in July.
@ratyz5 (7808)
• Philippines
22 Mar 09
I happen to still keep in touch with my high school friends whom I happen to be classmates with since grade school. I even got that friend of mine to apply for work which got us working together at a training camp.
Some friends are end up just being acquaintances while others remain there even though you had no intention to.
@kriszelunka (557)
• Australia
23 Mar 09
I'm still in contact with my high school friends, but not with my university friends. One high school friend I usually catch up with on a weekly basis, and the others about once a month.
I also try to catch up with old work friends about once a month, though sometimes we end up cancelling due to other committments coming up.
I think that true friendships can survive, even if there are times you aren't able to see each other for a long time.
@ersmommy1 (12588)
• United States
20 Mar 09
I have many friends from high school that I am still close too. And my oldest friend stood up for me at my wedding. I've known him since the sixth grade. It just depends where live takes you I guess.
@elainepham (80)
• Australia
23 Mar 09
Yeah, of course. Why must we loose our friendship? It is not easy to make and build good relationships. I have a lot of friends, and still keep making new friends. Having new friends that does not mean to give up old friends. I still keep contact with my best friends from kindergarden. Until now, i am living in Australia and she is living in french. We are still friend, even if we will become old woman. Nowadays, we have a lot of modern technology, distance is not problem. Just on you.
@sminut13 (1783)
• Singapore
25 Mar 09
truthfully, as some have said, i too do not manage to meet up with my old school friends. firstly, i'm not the sociable sort so even though i did have many friends who were acquaintaces like saying hi, did u do ur work? and all, they were just that. there were not many close to me and when i mean not many, it means i can count all my close friends in this lifetime of mine on one hand.
secondly, i'm now a housewife with 2 young kids and no working and worldly experience at all. even if we do have gatherings which we haven't in i don know how many years, i'll practically be outdated. i wouldn't have anything to talk about and i'd feel so useless and lonely.
but recently, 3 or 4 close friends of mine started keeping in contact with me and we usually hang out once a year or if possible more. we usually get together during festive seasons. it's important for us because we might be far away but we can still confide in each other and thus, we usually make time or free our hectic schedule to meet up. that brings back lots of memories. i might not meet all my ex-classmates but i do meet with those close to me.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
25 Mar 09
Thanks for sharing your views in my discussion
I think you are right, we only meet our close friends in the future interestingly.
And not all.
Bye
@AltheGreat2430 (2716)
• Philippines
22 Mar 09
Hey there! I haven't meet any of my friends from school for almost two years now. I all of us have different lives and work now. Some of my friends are working abroad some are working in the country but is assigned to a different place, or maybe some of them had already move to another place. But, I always get in touch with them through email, chat, and social networks like Friendster and Facebook. Have a nice day. Happy posting!!
@jambi462 (4576)
• United States
26 Mar 09
Yeah I still met my school friends but I guess that's not that big of a deal because most of my friends are still in school. I hope that I can continue to meet my school friends though because I love them all so dearly. It really would break my heart to lost a lot of the friends that I have right now.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
31 Mar 09
Thanks for sharing your useful response.
You are definitely right, we just can't afford to loose good friends even though we are busy.
We have to manage in some way or other to be in contact with each other.
@csrobins (1120)
• United States
22 Mar 09
If I'm really close to them I do...It is not easy though because they move on and I move on and we change depending on how life goes for us. Plus teh distance isn't easy either. I didn't keep in touch well with my high school friends while in college but now I'm back home and do not keep in touch with many of my college friends-they are mostly married now, but I try to visit them every once in a while. Now, I am starting to connect back with old high school friends and have found they have changed less than I have.
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
21 Mar 09
i don't see them as much as i'd like to. we talk on the phone. eberybody is busy but me. someof them still work where i can't anymore. i do know this & it's a great feeling if i needed them they'd be here,
@bellis716 (4799)
• United States
21 Mar 09
I hope to meet with the remainder of my high school graduating class on Memorial Day this coming May. The class attempts to meet annually, but because of the distance involved (500 miles each way) I have not attended one of the get-togathers
since 2002.I shall try harder to make this one, as only about 1/3 of the class is still living.
@umart13 (841)
• Ireland
21 Mar 09
Good morning rakesh284,I still have active contact with my school friends and after many years I am lucky to be able to say that my school friends are among my best friends. Moreover, I discovered in recent years that the friends I had made at work, with a few notable exceptions, were not as reliable and that in times of personal stress those, who I had thought were my best friends, just did not want to know. What makes my school friends so great is that we can meet after a year and it seems like yesterday. We are very open and honest with each other and we are interested in what we are doing today. This is very important because some school friendships can die if the people just talk about the past. We have something special and I am certain that it will continue for many years... Have a good weekend. Umart
@frygirl (382)
• United States
21 Mar 09
well maybe one of the people that i met at school because i married him
@LawrenceLuo (18)
• China
21 Mar 09
All my friend are my school friends.I manage to meet them every year,though they are in different place.When i neet to go on errands to other city,i try to get a chance to meet my friend if there is any.
The school friends are the best friends because the friendship is as pure as the driven snow.Many friends that comes from my job are not so good because of relationship benefits.
@gamer1013 (67)
• United States
21 Mar 09
I'll be honest, I really don't. It's too hard to keep in touch with everybody. There are a select few that I still find myself with on the weekends. If I run into somebody I'l catch up with them.