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10 Secrets To Staying Close With Your Hometown Besties In College

No matter what people say, it's possible to stay best friends forever.

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10 Secrets To Staying Close With Your Hometown Besties In College

Brianna Farr

My hometown best friends and I were truly inseparable in high school. Seriously, we spent every waking moment together. But when the time came for us to go away for college, each of us chose a different path. We became long distance best friends overnight. Three years later, despite the distance between us and the infrequent visits, we have managed to remain the closest of friends. So if you want to know the secrets to remaining friends with your hometown besties in college, you've come to the right place.

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It may be hard for some to understand, but this friendship is actually one of the relationships you cherish the most.

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8 Things You Know To Be True When Your Best Friend Lives An Ocean Away

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Friendships on any continent have their challenges, but just imagine what it's like when you're trying to navigate what it means to be friends with someone when you live oceans apart from each other! For many, long-distance friendships are impossible, but if you put in enough effort, you can make them work! And if you are in one of these relationships, you'll definitely agree that these eight things are true.

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I'm Still Friends With My High School Besties As A Senior In College, And I'm So Thankful For That

New friends are silver but the old ones are gold.

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I'm Still Friends With My High School Besties As A Senior In College, And I'm So Thankful For That

Julia Waterbury

As you near the end of high school, it seems like everyone is telling you, "Enjoy spending time with your friends now, because once you start college you'll drift apart." At the time, no one wants to believe it, but I will say there definitely is some truth in that. There were 800 people in my high school graduating class, but there's only a handful of those people who I've actually hung out with since our graduation parties. However, it's certainly not true about all friends. I'm now a senior in college, and I'm still friends with my high school best friends.

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No matter what people say, it's possible to stay best friends forever.

1. Send lots of text messages.

2. Talk on the phone as much as you can.

3. Surprise your friends with snail mail.

4. Plan to go home on the same weekends.

5. Make attending important life events a priority

6. Visit each other at college

7. Make an effort to get to know their college friends.

8. Take a fun trip together.

9. Share the details of your life with them.

10. Just show up when they need you.

Being long-distance besties is hard, it's even harder when one of you is getting married.

1. Get Excited And Tell Everyone!

2. Accept Every Picture She Sends

3. Send Lots Of Ideas

4. Help Whenever You Can

5. Remember That Its Her Wedding

You're one in a million

It's been two years since I've seen you and our relationship is the strongest it's ever been.

It may be hard for some to understand, but this friendship is actually one of the relationships you cherish the most.

1. You have to schedule FaceTime "dates" because you can't just walk down the hall to say hi.

2. Weirdly, they know a LOT about your local friends.

3. You're constantly making plans.

4. You never waste time fighting!

5. Your other friends can't understand how you can be so close to someone you never see in person.

6. You're always working with a slight language barrier.

7. You ask them every day if they suddenly have plans to move across the world.

8. You wouldn't change a thing about it!

Why your long-distance besties are the best.

1. You have someone to visit

2. You have someone to call and facetime

3. Getting to see them during breaks

4. You know they are one of the good ones

New friends are silver but the old ones are gold.

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