The end of senior year comes around and you’re all so caught up in the excitement of prom and college orientation that you’re missing the big picture—this is all going to change. The friends you’ve been with for the past four to seven, sometimes even 12 years, are no longer going to be with you every waking moment. This means no more Friday night sleepovers, scary movie nights, or consistent mall trips. Instead, you’re going off to a new school, probably miles away from most of them, and you’re forced to try to find that same relationship with girls you know nothing about. And often times when you don’t find this right away, you worry you never will. Well let’s face it, there’s no way you can form as tight of a bond that you have with girls you’ve known for 10 years with girls you’ve known for 10 days. And you don’t have to.
Sometimes we get so wrapped up in adjusting to our new lives, and new friends, that start to forget about our old friends and how great they are. But when the boy you thought you were going to marry breaks your heart and you conveniently run to the closest friend, you'll realize that they know nothing about him or your relationship. And so you’ll be missing the girls who know every detail: your song, where you had your first kiss, how many days it usually takes you to get over a fight with him. It’s important to remember the girls who handed you tissue after tissue and told you that everything would be okay when you cried for hours about those text messages you found on his phone.
And let’s not forget, these are the friends who know everything about you. They know all about your Nick Jonas phase, and how you used to kiss the poster above your bed every night and brag about the fact that you were going to marry him one day (they never told you this was not going to happen, did they?) And don’t think they’ve forgotten about your excitement over your first bra or that time in the fifth grade when your mom had to bring you a new pair of underwear. It’s easy to be someone completely new and, well, not you in college. Your freshman floor may never get to see the real you, but your home friends know you to the core and still love everything about you.
Remember everything these girls have done for you. Whether it was standing up for you when that boy told you that you weren’t hot enough for him in the eighth grade, or driving you to school every day because your parents were too stubborn to let you use the car. Your home friends went out of their way to make you happy and remind you that they’re willing to do just about anything for you.
There’s nothing more exciting than discussing when you’re all coming home for a reunion, or planning out when to visit who. Regardless of how much fun you’re having at school, nothing could possibly compare to the thrill you get the first time you get to see your home friends in months. These girls will always bring you back to your carefree childhood days, and will make you reminisce for hours about all the stupid things you guys did in high school. Not to mention, you're always eager to share your millions of crazy college stories with these girls (they won’t always judge; they’ve seen worse from you).
And remember, if things don’t work out with your friends from school, don’t ever feel like you’re alone. You have a ton of girls back home to turn to about almost anything. Your roommate is being a bitch? Complain about it in your home friends’ group chat. This creepy freshman is totally hitting on you and will not leave you alone? Call your best friend. Remember, they’re always willing to listen and they love hearing from you.
