Losing friends

[sterlingarcher]

Isn't it ironic how friends, whom you may have known for 20 years, stop seing you because they are now in a relationship with someone they met 2 years ago?

 

Then 5 years down the line they break up or divorce.

[d0nnivain]

Relationships ebb & flow over the years. When people have new romances, they often lose touch with old friendships. There are only so many hours in a day. That doesn't mean the friendship doesn't matter but that priorities change.

 

Last night I was with a childhood friend that I have rarely seen over the last 20 years. She has 3 kids. I don't have kids. We had different lifestyles. Now that her kids are growing up, she has more free time.

[sterlingarcher]

I'm starting to understand how it must feel like for the singles in their late twenties seing all their friends getting pregnant and married.

 

I think I need more new friends.

[AVarma]

Relationships ebb & flow over the years. When people have new romances, they often lose touch with old friendships. There are only so many hours in a day. That doesn't mean the friendship doesn't matter but that priorities change.

 

Last night I was with a childhood friend that I have rarely seen over the last 20 years. She has 3 kids. I don't have kids. We had different lifestyles. Now that her kids are growing up, she has more free time.

 

I certainly agree with this. My best friend from when I was a kid is now married and has a child. I on the other hand am single. He wants to talk about his kids and mortgages, etc and I want to talk about dates, how to attract women, etc. We just can't relate anymore. That doesn't mean I don't care for him but people grow up and priorities change. I'm sure one day when we're old and I hopefully have gotten married and have kids who are then grown we'll catch up again but for now we seem to be going in different directions.

[Marco Valerio]

Well that always happens, not new news!!!