Do you still hang out with your childhood friends?

Porchsitter

I have a friend who I was having dinner with, and it occurred to me that we have been friends for almost 28 years. The thought alone scared the hell out of me.

chime

I moved at 7, 11 and then went away to university at 17 and stayed away. When I go back to visit my parents (once or twice a year) I meet up with my high school friends who I've known for 17ish years and it's like we haven't been apart ... I should make an effort to visit more

The ones I would count as friends I've had my whole life are my cousins who I lived near when I was younger and will outside of family occassions also make an effort to see.

pjfan31

I'm good mates with a guy I've known since I was 4 another since I was 6. I'm also really good friends with my mates from highschool.

markymark550

I still keep in touch with 2 of my childhood friends. My best friend from my childhood lives in California, while I'm living in South Carolina, so as you can imagine it's kind of difficult to hang out with him. He's in grad school out there, so on extended breaks when he comes back, we tend to hang out a good bit. The other friend actually lives close to me, and we've hung out a few times. Unfortunately we haven't been able to hang out for a few months...mainly because he's been very busy in medical school and I've had quite a few family obligations on the weekends.

Heineken Helen

Nope, we lived outside of the town where I went to national school and I went to secondary school in another town/county so it was difficult. The oldest friend I have is since I was 14 and I'll always have her. But I sometimes bump into people I went to school with and it's really really good to see them! Met two lads just before I came to England in my local pub and we'd a brilliant night and they came back to mine for more drink so now I'm keeping in touch with them on facebook and have found others I was friends with through their friends list. It's funny though cos one of them I didn't really know in school and the other I didn't really like but we were laughing about all that and how you grow up and it's all so trivial and we were just like old friends.

elmer

Only keep in contact with one childhood friend, he lived with my grandparents so was more like a family member. He's married and lives in Wales now so it's only occasionally that we meet up in person, though I recieve football related text messages from him most weeks. Met up with a few old schoolmates through facebook in the past year but s'unlikely we'll stay in contact really, pleasant experience to reminisce and get shitfaced.

SENROCK

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I'm 30 now. There's probably a group of atleast dozen of us, most I've been hanging out with since about age 9.. anywhere from a few times a year to every other week.

Funny how bonds you make when you're young never seem to break. My parents don't seem to have this going.. guess I'm lucky to have such good friends.

there are a handful of us that hang out once in a while. ive known my bf since i was 8! My brothers and i have these frenz we met when i was 6 and the guy and his wife just became my new nieces godparents. its CRAZY how long we've known each other.

Yellow Ledbelly

My oldest friend and I had a parting of ways a couple of years ago, which sucked, but we were heading in opposite directions, had been best friends even before kindergarten because our dads grew up together and our families always got together.
Other than him though, I remain friends with my other best friend, a girl I had the hots for in the fourth grade....we have been friends ever since, more like family now, and I am the godfather of her first born. We talk all the time but she lives 6 hours away. She always told her boyfriends if they had a problem with me then they were out of luck with her.
Overall, though, there is a pretty large group of buddies from high school I still frequently talk to and hang out with.
Me and one of those guys are going to Memphis to see AC/DC in January, just the two of us, and even though we are both 32 I don't think we should be turned loose like that without adult supervision....me and that dude always seem to revert to 21 when we get together

dunkman

yes, I do.

tybird

Just buds with one friend from Jr. High...we are both in our early 40's.

decides2dream

nope.
my very best friend fronm childhood i see occasionally, will probably always be in contact, friends, but certainly nothing like our friendship once was. any of my other friendships from childhood, HS.....all dissipated. i found went i went to study abroad for 1.5 years, lots of friends fell by the wayside. i think those transitional college years do that often. after that, my 3 closest friends from college, one i met while studying abroad, and she lives in helsinki....one i get the occasional xmas card from, she still lives fairly close but married one of those guys who it's all about his friends.....and my best friend from college, still lots of contact, but sadly he lives in texas. so ya, basically, don't have any truly close friendships closeby in my life. hubby is still tight with the bulk of his childhood friends, so we see them often....his bandmates who many went to HS with him.....couple of workfriends. i have a couple friends from jobs, but nothing close, my pj buddies ...and yes, really....my very best friend, my husband. it's difficult fostering 'true' friendships in adulthood.

mca47

Not really.
Most of us all went separate ways after high school.
Then made tons of friends in college and again...all went separate ways. That's ok though it makes for an excuse to go on vacation and visit.
I do play videogames online with my old neighbor who I grew up next to. We've known eachother our entire lives. We live like 1700 miles away, but it's fun being able to go on and play games with him, video chat, etc. on the PS3. Technology is great!

angie76

not really. I get a xmas card from a good friend from H.S but that's all. Everyone just moved away or lost touch.

itsevobaby

yep we all mostly keep in touch, even if we are spread across the world now. the best thing is, when we do manage to catch up over a few beers, wines, whatever.. NOTHING has changed!! straight back into the old jokes & stories, like it was only yesterday we were last together

we've had our ups & downs with each other, but deep down you know those guys will always be there

momofglynn

Yes I do. My best friend Sharon was present for the birth of my 1st son. I have known her since I was 3 or 4. I gave birth to him when I was 32. I still talk with her and we are close to 40 now. I also have some great friends from 2nd and 3rd grade that I still hang out with, we now have kids that are the same age. Friends from Jr High school too. I am one lucky person to have such great friends! And now our kids are becoming friends, it's the best feeling knowing they care about my kids with such a high level.