In high school, the end of the year means summer and bliss. In college, it still means summer is coming, but it also means you're beginning four months away from your best friends. Whether you're a few hours away or a few thousand miles, they're way farther than across the hall. Coping with this separation will be different for every group of friends, but here are a few stages we all go through:
1. Denial
We'll be fine, I mean we did just fine over breaks. Right? It can't be that much different. Besides, it'll be so nice to be home. No biggie guys...
2. Realization
Wait... I won't see you for breakfast everyday and be able to tell you about my dream with the hot guy from chem. And you won't be there at midnight when I want ice cream. Who will binge watch High School Musical with me on the weekend? NO THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
3. Sentimental
Realizing how much you're going to miss the little things will make you overly sentimental about all the time you've had together. Not saying this hasn't been the best time of your life, but you'll get overly sentimental about your last coffee date and your last night in your dorm. You'll feel all the feelings you try to avoid.
4. Hugs
While this could go under sentimental, I feel like this stage is so prevalent it deserves its own category. You will hug everyone an excessive amount of times. It's ridiculous.
5. Goodbye
Saying goodbye is weird because you definitely won't realize how long it'll be until you see your friends again. You've said "bye" a hundred times this semester, but you always see them again the next day and this time you won't. But I can assure you, you will not fully realize this until much later.
But fear not my friends. The pining you feel to be with your friends will be mutual, and will cause endless snaps and texts daily in an attempt to keep connected. Your planning skills will also improve incredibly as you make plans to meet up with your friends over the summer. And when you all come back in fall, the joy will be contagious.
