Real friends are the ones that sit with you on the phone or online from other parts of the world or even near by when they know you are alone for New Years just to wish you a Happy New Year! Thank you Hulls Raven, Dropbear-Oz, and Cogito!
Well, I dont think there is much I need to add on here, ya'll have pretty much hammered out the differences. lol. One thing I have noticed, though. is as I get older, people who were once friends of mine almost seem to slip into the acquaintance category when we lose contact. Its kinda weird, because I still vividly remember us hanging out all the time, and I have to sit there and wonder how we grew apart so much. I dunno, its kinda depressing, but what can you do? I guess your true friends will always be there.
I know that feeling. Some of the friends I have well we've been through alot as brothers but we also move away
new responsibilities and interests come into play and people are just too busy to work at the past. A friend of mine since I was 1 and she was 6 months old. (we were dumped into the same playpen while our mothers talked) anyway I lost touch with her hadn't talked to her in over a year. But I still had her number so one night I called and we talked for about an hour and it was like I talked to her the day before. Nothing had changed really in our friendship just the distance between us was much farther than skipping down the block to visit. Try giving one of your old friends a call just for auld lang syne and see what happens.
A lot of these people are those whom i met in college and/or the army. Kinda kicking myself now because there are 303 million people in this country, so trying to find just one with limited information is a pain. lol. And with a common surname like mine, Brown, I really doubt they will easily find me.
I am still in touch with all my good friends of the past except for one. She left when I was 13 when he mother passed on. We grew up together from birth and she is still the best friend I have ever had. I hope to finally catch up with her again one day. It has been 8 years since I last saw her. A long time to lose touch with someone that may as well be a sister to you really.
Wow, that is an incredibly long time, but come to think of it there are many friends of mine from both high school and the army I havent seen in close to 8 years. Amazing how time will creep up on you when you're not expecting it.
Paratrooper, huh. Thats pretty fun from what I hear. I was in a military intelligence position. We dealt with signals intelligence.
We did a few things. Lots of fun to be had especially when with the greenies. (Marines) but the last few years took the toll after afghanistan.
Yeah. My best friend, a brother moreso, just got back from Iraq a few months ago. I can tell a bit of a difference in his personality, but then again that's war. I'm just lucky I never had to go, medical discharge a few years back. Pain in the but to try to get back in even if I wanted.
Well considering we spent every day of our lives together from the day she was born. Literally. I was even put in the cot with her the day she was born. It is an incredibably long time. All I know is she is still alive. I will definately be hunting her down this year.....well trying to anyway. Though I've been trying for the last 6 years actually.
Thats what he tells me, and I think I'll listen. I haven't heard anything good, and I have heard a lot of bad. Just nothing I feel like dealing with anymore now that I don't have to. So let me ask you Hulls, what is the general consensus of the British military on Afghanistan and Iraq?
Her mother passed on and it was really hard for her family. For all of us. This town was a constant reminder and she found it hard to come back here because of that and being together brought back too many memories. So she just stopped talking with me so she could try and cope with it all. It's kind of hard to explain really.
I think I get the idea behind it. Its a coping mechanism, very understandable. I just hope time has healed it and ya'll can pick up again.
I was observing this thread and kept seeing it grow...grow...grow... And I was like: What in the world is happening here? Haven't they learnt the difference between friend and acquaintance yet? So I came marching to see what was up. Good thing I missed the hug. I am allergic to exessive love.
