Growing up

United States
November 26, 2009 2:30pm CST
Sometimes I feel like I have outgrown my old friends. We separate for some reason, and then when we come back together again, we don't seem to have that much in common anymore....Sometimes I feel like I grew up a little and they didn't or like they grew up too much, so in that case I'm the one whose been outgrown. Is it possible to not outgrow friendships?
5 responses
@Torrs13 (217)
• United States
27 Nov 09
I think we outgrow a lot of friendships, but I believe that you can maintain a true friendship with someone your whole life. I've lost a lot of friends because our lives went in different directions or just changed, but I also have a few friends that I've grown closer to and can really rely on. It all depends on how much both people put into the friendship and if they can learn to grow as differences arise. Life happens and that means change is inevitable.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
26 Nov 09
I've had a lot of friendships in my life that have come to an end because of the fact that our lives diverge in such different ways and this is hard to deal with at first, but then you realize that it is just a part of life. Then, there are the friendships that I've had since I was a child that I will continue to have for the rest of my life. I think that the reason that these friendships stay in tact despite the fact that we have moved further and further away from each other and despite the fact that there are certain paths of our lives that are different is because we are still in roughly the same chapter of our lives. We are mothers and we share that in common and because we both have children we always have something to talk about.
@Iram786 (498)
26 Nov 09
you change with time, nothing is permanent. and that's just something you have to get used to. people hardly ever make 'friends for life' because everyone's thoughts and opinions change through time so you won't always feel the same way about other people, think the same things as others... since everything about you changes as you get older.
@olepmis (840)
• Philippines
26 Nov 09
As we grow old, we are growing up physically, mentally and financially. Many are growing up financially but not spiritually so it depends on the interest of anyone how is growing up will be.
• Italy
26 Nov 09
Well it's hard to say, but sometimes fienddship ends.. It depends on how we grow up, on what are our real interests, our job, our family and so on...