friendship
C.S Lewis got it right: friendship is born when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one!"
Growing Apart
I don’t know what your summer's been like. What your class schedule is like for next year. What you do everyday, or who you hang out with. I no longer know the things about your life, and I haven’t for a while now. Besides the peek of your life I get from social media, I don’t know what’s going on. It’s a weird thing to me because I use to be such an important part of your life and knew almost every detail about you. We just to talk every day, I knew all of your secrets, your crushes, the family fights, or the fun things you did. I use to spend most of my time with you. But now I hardly see you, I barley know you, and I haven’t for a while now. You left me like I was an old chapter in your book you were finished reading. You left me without a second thought. Not for my lack of trying to reach out to you. Making plans to meet up with you and hang out, yet once again you bailed. I used to miss you, the car rides were we got lost because neither one of us can navigate. Or the movie night we had, our shared secrets, and daily snapchats. Me messing with your boyfriends and them taking part in my teasing banter. The nicknames we created. I use to miss your friendship so much. But I didn’t feel like you missed mine, or even remembered the things I did for you. So I decided to let you go and stop missing you. I use to be mad at you. Mad you could forget about me so quickly. That I could care about you so much but you cared about me so little. It baffled me how I could go from seeing you every single day to barley ever talking. It took some time but I eventually realized you weren’t a friend. A friend isn’t someone who only contacts you when they want something or have no one else. It’s not someone who keeps you around as an obligation or because your families are friends. And it not someone who doesn’t even know who you are or what’s going on in your life. Life can change in the blink of an eye and I would rather have people in my life that truly care and that even if we went a time without talking it would be evident that they were always there for whatever you need. Some people can grow separately without growing apart but it appears that’s not true for us. Now you’re just somebody that I use to know. Not for lack of trying or caring. But because slowly but surly without you ever noticing you started drifting from my life, and no longer knew me. You stopped asking how I was. You don’t know about the challenges I’ve faced and the strives I’ve made. I’ve changed but you weren’t there to notice. I finally realized there is no point in trying to stay friends with someone who doesn’t know who your are, or care to ask. I'm not mad or sad. I don’t hate you. I know people change and life moves on. I’ve moved on and I’m okay. I’ve let go of wishing and holding of what could be. I just hope one day someone asks you how I am or why we no longer hang out and you realize you don’t know me. You don’t know how I am or if I’m okay. I hope it hurts knowing you lost someone who cared about you as much as I did.
By Navatnie Etchin8 years ago in Humans
See You Next Lifetime
You ever spot a stranger from across the way and feel drawn to them, as if their eyes are reminiscent to your soul? Or when you meet someone for the first time and an instant connection sparks as if you've been friends forever? OH! Or how about when you meet someone so perfect for you, the feeling they bring is just indescribable? You aren't held back or afraid of being your divine self because everything is effortless with this person. They're pure, genuine, and real. You're telepathically connected to the point where you finish each other's sentences or they reach out to you in the exact moment you're thinking of them.
By Amanda Nieves8 years ago in Humans
5 Ways You Can Fix Your Broken Friendship
Sometimes, friendships reach a point where things only appear to go wrong. In the beginning, it may have been smooth sailing: road trips, five-hour video chat sessions, binge watching your favorite shows together, etc. However, you and your best friend could begin to face times where the two of you suddenly clash over things as simple as who cooks the best dinners, who can tie their shoes the fastest and who is more environmentally friendly. You speak to each other less and your friendship comes across as impossible to repair. With that being said, allow me to suggest five ways you can fix your broken friendship.
By Daniel Brown8 years ago in Humans
5 Sure Ways to Make Friends as an Adult
You’ve had the same group of friends since high school and you're the only one in your group who isn’t married with children? Between their kid's soccer practice and ballet recitals, your friends can hardly squeeze in the time to meet for a quick coffee, and on the rare occasions they do, you find yourself thanking your lucky stars for being single because all you’ve been listening to from the moment they sat down is how awful married life is. As much as you miss spending time with your friends, you're almost relieved when they have to go because let’s face it, there’s only a certain amount of negativity you can handle, and they’ve somehow managed to surpass that amount within the first five minutes of sitting down. You glance at your watch and can’t help but wonder to yourself, where would one make new friends when you're an adult and no longer in school? Making friends was a lot easier when you were growing up; it was almost second nature and didn’t require much thought. But making new friends when you're an adult sounds a lot harder than it really has to be. In fact, here are five easy ways you're sure to make new friends as an adult.
By Erika Potap8 years ago in Humans
Twelve
When no one listens, who do you have?? Yeah, that's what I asked myself all of the time when I was 12. A question that I eventually got tired of asking and at some point developed a "friend". You know how when you're just a kid and your imagination runs wild, and bam, imaginary friends are everywhere?? That's what I thought I had, except my friend was in my head.
By Brittani Cobb8 years ago in Humans
Opinion: Are Online Gaming Friends Really Friends?
You spend days, weeks, months, and even years with them. You'll frequently talk to them on the phone, through a text, through social media, or even the messenger portion of your gaming app. Social applications such as Ventrilo and Discord have made it easier if you didn't feel like answering a phone call. You'll often see party invites, game invites, or even the occasional gift on Steam from them offering you a chance to play a game they've sent you.
By Dustin Murphy8 years ago in Humans
Going...Going...Gone...
We said friends till the end. We said nothing will tear us apart. We went through everything together, the good times, the bad times, I don't even know where to start. We lived together for three years, dealing with every guy that went in and out of each other's lives. You helped me through two bad breakups, I helped you with the assholes, our friendship always thrived.
By Hannah Elliott8 years ago in Humans
Once Upon a Friendship
We were all friends once upon a time. We played a game somewhat like kick ball, and we were the scrappy kids, which meant we looked out for each other. My first friend (let's call him Mudpie) went way back with me. He introduced me to beer, head lice, ultimate fighting strategies, and though neither of us would never admit to a word of it, we figured someday we'd get married and live happily ever after. Mudpie was my first real friend ever, and at around nine years old, we were highly known to be wandering around his small town about fifteen minutes from my house, drunk and stirring up whatever trouble we could find. Mudpie can be returned to later though.
By Catherine Nicholas8 years ago in Humans
