As I’m doing my usual morning scroll through Twitter (we all do it, it’s almost like second nature) I come across several tweets that all portray the same general idea. The idea that people who are still friends with the same people from high school are not living up to their full college experience.
I’m sorry, what?
Tweets back to back ranging from “I feel sorry for you if you’re friends with the same people from high school” all the way to “Why don’t people grow up and stop surrounding themselves with the same tired people from their past”. Besides the fact that it is probably a subtweet (gotta love social media), it’s just wrong.
My best friends have come in my life at all different times and I wouldn’t trade them for the world. I have best friends ranging from birth all the way up through high school and quite frankly, I’m not ready to get rid of them. I didn’t realize friendship had some weird expiration date that ends after graduation. While some friendships end when people inevitably go their separate ways, some friendships are meant to last a lifetime.
People would think that keeping the same friends throughout high school and college would hinder you from living your best college experience. That it will make you too comfortable with the friends you have that you won’t want to make any more. But here’s the thing, you’re allowed to make new friends and keep your old ones.
Crazy concept, right?
My best friends are a part of me that showcase my best self and why not bring that part of me to college?
Having my best friends live out my college experience with me has been one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I might be biased in thinking they’re the best people in the world but they pretty much are. Having people that support me and want to live out life with me is a rare thing that I’m not planning on throwing away anytime soon.
