Has anyone got a friend from preschool? I had one. We lasted forty years before life events sent us separate ways.
I grew up with a cousin and we share a lot of memories from childhood, but we've moved on from our relationship. I couldn't support her choice to stay with a violent husband. I did so for ten years, and I couldn't do it anymore. She cut me out after I finally told her straight what a sh#t he was, after she told me they were getting divorced and then changed her mind. Funny thing is, I'm OK with it, even though we're family. I feel like, that was then and this is now. Different season. Both our lives have changed beyond recognition from what they were when we were close. I think we could be close again if she ever got rid of that dreadful man she married.
I'd have liked to keep my preschool friend, though. But again, our lives diverged so much after forty years that we just weren't on the same wavelength anymore. It's funny how you can drift apart after forty years of closeness, but we did.
Anyone else think it's possible to keep a friend through every season of your life, from preschool through old age? I've never seen it, personally. My mother had one, but friendship ran its course after seventy years. (I know!!!) I've seen LONG friendships, and had them myself, but none that have lasted a lifetime.
You? Are lifetime friendships realistic?
I grew up with a cousin and we share a lot of memories from childhood, but we've moved on from our relationship. I couldn't support her choice to stay with a violent husband. I did so for ten years, and I couldn't do it anymore. She cut me out after I finally told her straight what a sh#t he was, after she told me they were getting divorced and then changed her mind. Funny thing is, I'm OK with it, even though we're family. I feel like, that was then and this is now. Different season. Both our lives have changed beyond recognition from what they were when we were close. I think we could be close again if she ever got rid of that dreadful man she married.
I'd have liked to keep my preschool friend, though. But again, our lives diverged so much after forty years that we just weren't on the same wavelength anymore. It's funny how you can drift apart after forty years of closeness, but we did.
Anyone else think it's possible to keep a friend through every season of your life, from preschool through old age? I've never seen it, personally. My mother had one, but friendship ran its course after seventy years. (I know!!!) I've seen LONG friendships, and had them myself, but none that have lasted a lifetime.
You? Are lifetime friendships realistic?