Since when did growing up and moving off mean that you have to drop your old friends?
I have always been the person who was friends with younger people. I have no clue why, but a vast majority of my friends are younger than me. With that being said, most of my friends are still in high school and I have recently been bashed for still being friends with them. Why?
I do not find it weird to still be friends with people who were there for me when I needed them most. They were the ones who held me while I cried when I lost my great-grandmother, failed my tests and when I wrecked my car. When life got tough, they were there for me. So yes, I am still friends with them and I will not stop our friendship just because I am 160 miles away from them.
This is what’s wrong with our generation. We stop trying when situations get tough. People expect me to stop being friends with my high school friends because I won’t see them everyday, but there are so many ways to keep in touch. We have smartphones now, and even if we didn’t there is mail. I am not going to discontinue so many great friendships because times seem hard. Instead, I FaceTime my best friend at least two or three times a week. I Snapchat my mother and other friends throughout the week. Guess what, I even pick my phone up and call them when either of us needs the other.
Home is only two and half hours away from me, therefore I am home at least two weekends out of the month. Maybe you think that is a lot, but I get homesick easily and I want to see my friends. Yes, you see me at my old high school a lot because I go to the band practices and see all of my band family, or I go to pick up my sister or even go to see my old teachers.
Friendship isn’t based on distance, rather how hard you try to keep that friendship going. If they don’t want to be friends with me because I am away from home then so be it, but just because I am away doesn’t mean I'm going to cut all communication with them. I need my friends when times get tough and they know just how to calm me down and get my head on straight again.
Just because distance can be hard, it doesn’t mean you give up and quit. If you love the friendship, you fight to keep it alive no matter the circumstances. I love all of my high school friends and couldn’t imagine life without them, so you’re dang right I’m going to do everything in my power to keep them in my life.
