Do you still have friends from middle and high school?

[Another Fan]

I only kept in touch with a limited number once I finished high school.  But they all died out for me.  You know what you have in common with people then changes over time kinda thing…

 

Not complaining.  Life is meant for new people to enter

 

How about you 

 

 

[TBBills]

Yes and no... When I go visit my parents I have a few friends from the old neighborhood that took roots there and see them for a day or two. Other than that no.

Edited October 1, 2021 by TBBills

[BUFFALOKIE]

I am down to basically one friend that i ever see, and weve been BFFs sine 5th grade. I am 48 now.

[The Jokeman]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

I only kept in touch with a limited number once I finished high school.  But they all died out for me.  You know what you have in common with people then changes over time kinda thing…

 

Not complaining.  Life is meant for new people to enter

 

How about you 

 

 

Sadly, through Facebook only. 

[BillsPride12]

I still live in my general hometown area so Yes I still keep in touch and see some people here and there moreso from high school than going back to middle school.  But I have a much greater number of people that I have lost touch with than the ones I have kept in touch with.  I think it's pretty common once you get into your later 20s and 30s.  

[The Poojer]

1 hour ago, Another Fan said:

I only kept in touch with a limited number once I finished high school.  But they all died out for me.  You know what you have in common with people then changes over time kinda thing…

 

Not complaining.  Life is meant for new people to enter

 

How about you 

 

 

 

 

Just got back from an annual weekend with 11 elementary/middle/high school friends in Denver.  We're a very close group 40-50 years later

[CountDorkula]

4 hours ago, Another Fan said:

I only kept in touch with a limited number once I finished high school.  But they all died out for me.  You know what you have in common with people then changes over time kinda thing…

 

Not complaining.  Life is meant for new people to enter

 

How about you 

 

 

Going out with several tonight to celebrate my nud getting married.

 

Just all went on vacation together.

 

Have a very tight nit but bigger group.

 

15-20 of us getting together is not that out of place.

 

[Not at the table Karlos]

Yes. Any one I've considered a friend since elementary school I am still friends with and have talked to them in past two months, unless they've passed. 

[Johnny Hammersticks]

All of the friends I still keep in touch with are from HS.  Couple from college.  We’ve moved so much I never really made close friendships with many people...except one dude in Alaska that I see a couple times a year (he’s single, has $, and loves to travel).  We meet up different places for SU basketball games.

 

We’ve been here in VT for 8 years and I don’t really have any friends that I would consider close.  Mostly just acquaintances.  I’m too old and too busy and don’t really care anymore.

[Augie]

1 hour ago, Not at the table Karlos said:

Yes. Any one I've considered a friend since elementary school I am still friends with and have talked to them in past two months, unless they've passed. 

 

This is meant politely, but where do you live and how long have you been there? How many people have you considered friends?  This is VERY impressive. 

 

I left WNY for college at 17. Of all my friends growing up, only one is now in WNY and he spent a decade or so in Boston. 

 

There are a couple old friends I’m on a text thread with regarding the Bills.  I lost the number for the one guy left in WNY on a phone change, I think. Would love to get together on my next trip back. The last time I saw him was about a dozen years ago taking my youngest to a Bills home game when he turned 16, I think. 

 

I had lunch today with a guy from college I had not seen in years. He was an RA when I was a freshman. We became friends and he would visit when I lived in Hilton Head (most people would). It was great to see him, but strange knowing a lot of the memories he brought up were 40+ years ago. He retired about 3 weeks ago and has ridiculous travel plans. For one thing, he’s going to see the Stones in Pittsburg this weekend, then Tampa then here in Atlanta. I never knew he had that kind of AMBITION! 

 

 

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Edited October 2, 2021 by Augie

[Patrick Duffy]

Not anymore....My very 1st serious gf I had at age 16 and she was 15 which we also took each others "V" cards, kept in touch off and on til 2014. I was married for 9 years already at that time. 

 

Anyway her father died and asked if I'd attend funeral, 2 or 3 weeks later she got flirty and I had to avoid situation all together before I got tempted to make a bad decision.

 

Last time I spoke to anyone from HS

[RaoulDuke79]

Oh yeah. Still have about a half dozen friends that I grew up with that I still hang out with. Just don't get to see each other as much these days.

[Bermuda Triangle]

1 hour ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

All of the friends I still keep in touch with are from HS.  Couple from college.  We’ve moved so much I never really made close friendships with many people...except one dude in Alaska that I see a couple times a year (he’s single, has $, and loves to travel).  We meet up different places for SU basketball games.

 

We’ve been here in VT for 8 years and I don’t really have any friends that I would consider close.  Mostly just acquaintances.  I’m too old and too busy and don’t really care anymore.

Wait...is this CuseTroop?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

31 minutes ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

Wait...is this CuseTroop?

 

Yessir!  That’s my good friend 💪

[BADOLBILZ]

 

Yes.    Some even from Sunday school days.    And some even whose grandfathers were friends of my grandparents when they all lived on Long Island before moving to WNY together.   Went on short notice to see @Kelly the Dog at LA Bills backers bar in Santa Monica for that game where Orton brought the Bills back to beat the Vikings........and walked in an hour before the game and the only person in the place was one of those guys I've known all my life, whose dad had just given me brussel sprouts from his garden a few days earlier when I was still in NY.   Small world and my friends from school years are spread all over the place but the Bills(and Yankees as well) definitely serve to bring us together.

[Shamrock]

Have a friend that I’ve known since we were in mothers group together. His family and mine had older sisters same age, older brothers same age. I grew up in his house. Did kinder, Primary and High together. His mum died 4 months after my dad. Still tight. Other mate,  met at uni, live about 100m away.

[WhoTom]

I have a small group of friends from college that I stay in touch with, 36 years after graduating. Never stayed in contact with anyone from HS or earlier, though.

 

 

[Bermuda Triangle]

11 hours ago, Johnny Hammersticks said:

 

Yessir!  That’s my good friend 💪

I have to ask what your moniker is on syracusefan.com...

 

I lurk, but rarely post (much like here, I guess).

[Gugny]

I'm 50 and nearly all of my closest friends are people I've been friends with since middle school.

[Johnny Hammersticks]

2 hours ago, Bermuda Triangle said:

I have to ask what your moniker is on syracusefan.com...

 

I lurk, but rarely post (much like here, I guess).

 

I don’t have an “account” there because it’s really toxic and unpleasant, but I also do lurk.  I met CuseTroop at a bar.  I had just moved there and knew no one, so I was by myself just having some drinks.  I was wearing my SU hat, so he came up to me and struck up a conversation with me.  We’ve been really close friends ever since.  Awesome dude and very fun to party with.