As an out-of-state student, I have lots of friends that are back home. Trust me, it is major FOMO 24/7 when it comes to long distance friendships. It’s hard because you never know when you are going back to visit them, or when they will come to you. It feels as if all your traditions are put on hold, while you continue on with life. Since my best friends and I are in different state, we live our lives a little bit differently.

Not only because our colleges and environments have changed the way we behave, but also we are in different time zones. My least favorite thing is the time difference. Chicago is 2 hours ahead of California and it sucks when I randomly want to rant at 1AM, I can’t call my best friend at home because it would be 3AM for her. If you aren’t asleep by 3AM, then I don’t know how you function during the day.

Another thing that sucks is the fact WE ALL HAVE BUSY LIVES. We get so busy with our own lives, sometimes I forget text or call my best friend. Unlike long distance relationships, where the couple texts 24/7, friends can actually forget to texts and call each other for a good month or more because we know that they will always be there at the end. It has definitely happened to me before, because my best friends and I got so busy with our lives we actually didn’t facetime for a good month, which for us means a lot more than it sounds. But when we did talk, it felt like nothing has change, and sometimes it feels like everything has changed. So much happens within a month, that when you finally catch up on all the friend drama, you feel like you have been gone for two years.

Since we are in different environments, we get to meet new people. It feels weird at times, like when my best friends is talking about new people that they have met. I try super hard to picture this new person in their life. Sometimes stories that they think are funny, aren't as funny to me because I wasn't actually there to see it (FOMO am I right?).

Then, there are those nights where you sit at home and you think to yourself, “oh crap, I wish I can facetime with my best friend right now like the old times.” So, you call them and they are busy. Or when you sit at home and you think to yourself, “I wish I can watch Atlanta right now” but your friend is like 4 hours away and you have no cable. Or when you are just simply bored and you look through your whole photo library and reminisce all the good times you and your best friends had.