All throughout high school, graduation day was the day to look forward to among students. Meeting new people and getting along with them was all apart of the process. You make some new friends here and there and get very close to some individuals. From those individuals, you have a group of peers whose bond seemed unbreakable. You journey through high school and senior year is finally here. We’ve all been through it together and the talks of college and moving to different places was inevitable.
From those talks, the subject of always keeping in touch with each other was brought up. “Don’t worry! We’ll hang out during summer”, was said frequently among my group of friends. We all reassured each other that we would keep in touch and not let the end of high school be the close to our friendship. At that point, I was ecstatic to graduate and just be able to get together with some close friends and have the best summer ever.
Graduation day came along as I said my goodbyes to all my friends and again, exchanging the usual promises of not losing touch with one another. One week into summer, I contacted some friends to make some plans but our schedules just didn’t seem to work out. Two weeks pass, then three, then four, and same result. Summer was already halfway over and those people who “promised” to hang-out were unheard from.
Somewhere along this time, I had a sudden realization of how different high school socialization and real world socialization really was. High school really is it’s own world as well as the people who are in it. I see these group of people every single day of high school so it’s easy to communicate with one another and socialize. Outside of high school is a whole different story. Communication is a two-way street and if one person doesn’t try, then you’re just at a standstill with that other person. It took me a while to realize this change after a month of not hanging out with the people I actually wanted to get together with. With this, it taught me to not expect much from peoples’ words and to judge them based on their actions. Actions truly speak louder than words.
I feel you, I have friends I hung out with every single day whether it was during the week or weekend but now I rarely see them. I used to think I would hang out with my friends more after high school but I don't.
ReplyDeleteThis is something that a lot of people can relate to. I know that personally, I think of this as a way to gage whether or not a person really wants to be part of your life or not, because it doesn't take that much effort to call and ask to hang out.
ReplyDeleteI'm in the exact position as you are and my friends are full of broken promises. Good friends come and go, unfortunately.
ReplyDeleteAs sad as it is friends will not always be their but life goes on and friends come and go. Just have to keep moving toward.
ReplyDeleteFriends are temporary. You loose and gain friends as you become older.
ReplyDeletePeople change after high school and they bloom into different mindsets which attract the same mindsets. High school we all were required to be there so we were required to get acquainted
ReplyDeleteWe all change and grow out of different habits. It's nice when we have connection with our old friends, but as we move on its nice to meet new people.
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