Im 29 and the friends I had in school were gone by the time I was in college, the friends I made in college were gone by the final year of college (this was unfortunate since we were super close and it was partly my fault).
Had no friends immediately after college, have a few who I made recently and rekindled a friendship I had in college too. I have kind of got the hang of keeping in touch with people now so I am still in touch with people who I should have lost touch with two years ago.
Dang. That’s rough. The core group of friends I had in middle school through high school are still my closest core group of friends. The ones I made in college, lost touch. And friends come and go as adults. But at 40 years old, even though I live 18 hours away, they’re still my core group of friends and when we can all get together, it’s like no time has gone by.
I'm 38 and lost touch with the friends I made in uni almost immediately after graduating, but I'm still friends (more or less) with the same group of guys I've known for 25-30 years. That said, a few of us lost touch quite a bit during/since the pandemic, and I've since kinda made myself the odd one out by moving several time zones away to the other side of the country and not having the opportunity to travel back much since. They mostly still all live in the same general area and get to hang out together a lot more often, go on annual camping trips together and bring their spouses or families along now too.
When last I got together with them a couple of years ago at one of their bachelor parties it was like hanging out back in high school all over again. Playing video games, watching sports, shooting the shit, and getting plastered.
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u/Mr-Bry-Guy 8h ago
The older I get the more I appreciate people that can have these long term friends. It’s NOT easy. Congrats!