friendship

[evildemondecvr]

I will be done with classes at the end of the week. Soon it will all be over. On the one hand I can't wait. But on the other hand this terrifies me. Slowly over the past few days this weird feeling has been creeping over me. I look back on the past two years and the people I have met and I realize that I will probably never see these people again.

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[womdigo]

it scares me to realize how few 'real' friends I've made since leaving wooster. I am glad I have wonderful close friends from highschool and college but it is hard sometimes when they all live so far away. I've made myself join a few community/activities lately and that has helped. Even if I"m not super close with these people the social interaction is good for me and makes me happy. Your new job will most likely give you some social connections. It's certainly not the same as dorm life but depending on some luck can be a way to gain some social connection.

well all this rambling is really just to say I at least partly understand your worries. I need to make myself leave here in about a year+ and it is so scary. If I can't make it all work in this little protective bubble of a job how will I survive if I venture out into the "real" world?

Now everybody sing with me "mid-twenties crisis are no fun..."

[gorillamel]

I understand perfectly what you are saying, and I bet a lot of the people you know and are friends with would say the same.
You can still be a highly private person and have wonderfully great friends. It's the maintaining contact with those great people after you move apart that is the hard part.

I agree that making new connections with people that you qualify as "good/great" friends rather than acquaintances is hella hard and sometimes you wonder if it is worth the effort. As long as you have a strong friend base, albeit even if most of them you rarely see and love far away from, that is what matters. Good friends will be good friends no matter the distance.