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College Friends Versus High School Friends

There's a difference.

Colleen Donahue
Aug 11, 2015
Fairfield University
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College Friends Versus High School Friends

My college friends know a lot about me. Maybe even more than the people I grew up with at home. My new college friends may not know in detail every little thing about my life. They have not met my grandparents or extended family like my high school friends, but they know about them. I have shared stories with my new friends, and maybe I have left out a few minor details, but overall they understand who I am as a person.

Going to college gives you a fresh start. You are not followed by embarrassing moments from high school. These new people will not know how you were before college until you begin to share stories. As my friendships grew with these new people, I felt more comfortable opening up to them and showing them exactly who I am.

At first, we all want to make a good impression with new people. We do not want them to know every embarrassing moment that has ever happened to us. You want to seem cool so that these people like you. However, over time, you realize you want to be yourself. I think it is healthy to begin to tell your new college friends stories about your past life. Like how you fell down the stairs in high school and almost took out your English teacher or about your awkward middle school life. Chances are, the people you have become friends with will have similar stories. Even if they don't, they might find it funny and like you even more for it.

I want to share my life with my friends from college so they better understand me as a person. They are the people who you create lifelong friendships with. I love my high school friends, but the relationship I have with them is different than the ones I have with my college friends. I feel like my college friends may actually know more about me than my high school friends. High school friends are your friends because you grew up in the same town and grew up doing activities together. College friends can be your friends out of choice. You have the opportunity to chose who you want to befriend. Having the opportunity to choose allows you to make the decision of who to open yourself up to. Honestly, I think my college friends may know more about me than I even know about myself.

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