Making New Friends
By Virginia Lee
@VirginiaLee (134)
Newport, Rhode Island
March 22, 2017 7:49pm CST
I have this habit, apparently, of forming very strong friendships just when I'm getting ready to leave a place and move on to a new adventure. I did it in high school, then again in college, again while working as a singer/actor, and just as myself in the last seven months. I get to know people I want to know forever and then I end up leaving.
What is that:?!
The good thing is that I seem to be able to maintain lifelong friendships, but wow, it gets frustrating to finally find ~my~ people and then have to say, "Oh yeah, I'll be moving to wherever in a couple of months."
It's not that I don't want to get close to people, it just seems to happen. At least I do seem to keep friends forever. I can be grateful for that, eh?
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@hillhjill (23714)
• United States
23 Mar 17
Im sorry to hear that.. I have friends that I have been with friends with for years.. but I know what you mean I seem to get close to people at work etc.. right before I have to move on to the next place.
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@VirginiaLee (134)
• Newport, Rhode Island
23 Mar 17
I'm glad to know it happens to other people. It makes me feel better. Thank you.
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@hillhjill (23714)
• United States
23 Mar 17
@VirginiaLee your welcome and I'm pretty sure that is happens to a lot of people and I'm glad you are feeling better.
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@VirginiaLee (134)
• Newport, Rhode Island
23 Mar 17
Hey! I've actually been to Wausau! When I worked at a summer repertory theatre up in Hazelhurst, I'd drive to Wausau on my day off and watch two movies in an afternoon. Thanks for reminding me of that. :)
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@carebear29 (31970)
• Wausau, Wisconsin
23 Mar 17
@VirginiaLee that is awesome to hear. glad to hear your a friend nearby
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
23 Mar 17
i'm the reverse.they all move on me.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
23 Mar 17
@VirginiaLee ah..i need to quit farting?
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ida know..@VirginiaLee (134)
• Newport, Rhode Island
23 Mar 17
Oh dear. My therapist would say, "And what is this telling you, @scarlet_woman?" :D
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@shantalclay (623)
• Baguio, Philippines
23 Mar 17
As they said, people come and go..
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@Paljas (146)
• South Africa
23 Mar 17
I feel for you. My dad worked on construction his whole life and we moved around so much that I was truly difficult to make friends. The friends I have now are friends I have met after school. I don't live with regret but sometimes wonder what it would be like to have a friend I grew up with from very young age.
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@VirginiaLee (134)
• Newport, Rhode Island
23 Mar 17
I am still friends with someone I knew when I was twelve, but she's the only one who goes back that far. After that, there's a gap until I was twenty-one. From my twenties on I've managed to maintain close friends. The problem has always been being physically far away from most, if not all, of them.
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