People older than 20, do you still have the same friends from high school?

[sav120101]

Yes

No

[zeitgeist057]

I have a couple of very good friends from high school, we also went to college together. Two of them (twins) were groomsmen in my wedding party. I have more from college than high school, though. I went to two high schools, ID for grades 6-11, and CA for the final senior year. I am FB friends with a handful of the ID folks but only really still connected to one who actually was from CA and moved back and currently lives about 75 minutes from me.

I think my friends from high school and college are some of my best friends (most intimate). There's something about that time, I think it's that you are kind of forced together and spend a lot of quality time without realizing it, and even when you argue or fight, you're still around each other. When you're older, someone rubs you the wrong way and you just say okay byeeeee and they dont' get a second chance. I also think these latest generations do that to some extent and that's why they don't seem to have any friends. They won't settle for anything, won't take anything less than exactly what they want all the time, so they end up without any deeper friendships.

[WhiteSteve]

Lost track of every one of them, decades ago. I don’t think I’ve seen anyone since I was 20 or 21. I didn’t go to a town high school though, so it’s not like everyone comes back to the same or just stays there altogether. The school was in my city but people from the suburbs on all sides of the city went there too. So I had a million in-school friends, but when the weekends came, especially the first couple years when we couldn’t drive yet, you hung out only with kids who lived relatively near you, who may not have even been your tightest friends in school. Like you might live an hour-plus away from some people, depending where you lived yourself.

My college friends are the ones who lasted, particularly the group from my dorm my freshman year. Even some of my college friends are in the wind now. The moral of the story, most friends are ultimately temporary, especially from when you’re young, so don’t do anything stupid or self-destructive to impress or appease anyone else. You’re the only one who’s for sure going to be with you for your entire life.

[Valdemort]

Actually, two guys and I were on good terms during high school, but weren't really friends. We only started hanging out after graduating and these two have been some of my dearest homies ever since.
The person I would consider myself closest with I met at elementary. We would go to one another's birthday parties between age 4 and 8, until something happened between our families that put a strain on our friendship. When I started going to high school, she was one of the few people I knew, so we ended up driving together all the time and eventually grew really close. She's one of the most reliable people I know.
We've known one another for about 20 years now, and I think we've been really really close for about 12 of those.

[rosemilk]

yes but one of them has been completely toxic for quite a few years now

[BoopBoopBeep]

No we grew apart after college. None of them really went anywhere in life.

[FunkyMonkee]

I still know quote a few of them and talk to or bump into them from time to time but that's very rare!! I was in a band for 25 years and we broke up in `05 and I don't talk to any of them since then, either. It doesn't help that 2 of them are dead but, there's been dozens of people in the band since shortly before I joined and none see or talk to me. Basically, I only have 4 close friends. One lives in Chicago (about 10 hours from here so, I rarely ever get to see him and we only talk via e-mail once every few months. another is too busy raising her kids to bother much with me but we still do keep in touch via e-mail once every few weeks. Another lives in Arizona and we only converse via the net. And another lives 4 miles from here but, I only see him 2 or 3 times a month depending on if I need him to give me a ride somewhere. When I used to live over there, I'd go over to his house at least once a month.
Otherwise, the only friends I've got are the bunnies in the front yard! But, they won't help me put and do things for me.

[Somoneelse]

No. I only have contact with 1 person from my highschool, but i already notice we are drifting apart. The rest all diverted paths and we never spoke eachother again. One person went even that far by blocking everyone from our old friendgroup and went zero-contact.

[OlderAndWiser]

Most people lose contact with their high school friends within a few years of graduation, unless they did not go away to college. This is expecially true if they move away from the city in which their high school is located.

I am in contact with a few high school friends because I still live in the same city, but I don't see them very often. I have much more frequent contact with a few friends from college.

[AviatorTom]

My friends from high school have all moved to various places, around the world. We no longer stay in touch, though my high school alumni association does send out occasional newsletters that sometimes contains info about the people I knew in high school.

[EnglishArtsteacher]

Nope.

The last time I had a friend from my high school years was in 2020, but unfortunately, he fell into the alt-right pipeline that year, and he blocked me on Facebook, and cut off all communication with me.

[slatyb]

Lost touch with them pretty quickly. There were only two people I really knew, and one of them was killed by a drunk driver his freshman year in college.

[Paris13]

I Did 14 Years Ago When Joining FB But Deleted Them All When I Had a Muslim Hubby on There with Just Him and Me. Now? 5000 Friends and Over 2000 Thousand Followers. He is Now just a Friend On There. xxoo

[Pauldrury]

I only have 4 from high school who I talk to so yes

[Paris13]

@Pauldrury GReat, xxoo

[JustinTheGreat]

I’m really only friends with one person from high school. The rest I talk to once in a blue moon

[catiecatie]

Not a lot of them but mostly 2 maybe 3 as we don’t really talk much.

[Nikki1989]

No, I have lived in 3 different countries since then.

[DeeDeeDeVour]

Not just high school...

A majority of my close friends are friends I've known since elementary.

[exitseven]

Yes, and I am sad to say one of them has recently died.

[ArrowheadSW]

I am still in touch with a few of them. It isn't like we hang out all the time, because I don't live that close to that area now.

[Account]

3 of my closests friends are from middle school all way through high school. So yes.

[IslaTheWitch]

One friend, we spent the whole high school sitting together :D

[RebelinSteel]

I have some from school but majority are from last couple years

[confusedandromantic]

My best friend and I have been friends since year 10 and are still best friends to this day. I’m also best friends with someone from year 3 but she moved schools when she got to high school

[iFarted]

My 2 best friends are from high school. One is actually from middle school.

[mono_gram]

Yes and no. Some friends stayed and some just ended…

[LaurenM1997]

Nah nobody keeps in touch with me these days they don’t seem to care gone separate ways

[Fireguy17]

not all, some have moved away, but I see them at class reunions.

[RingOfFire]

I'm in my late 60s and still have many friends from High School.

[RingOfFire]

I think some of it has to do with where you went to school and where you live. I went to college at a large university that attracts a lot of students from all over the world. So the people I went to college with are scattered in a wide area. Not easy to maintain a friendship with them. On the other hand I live in the same area where I went to high school, so there are still people I went to high school with who live nearby or not so far away. Naturally it is easier for us to have a friendship because of that. When I lived on the opposite side of the country for many years after high school I lost track of most of my high school friends and had a different set of friends. But when I later moved back to this area, I renewed those friendships and have had them ever since.

[douride2]

I still have some of the same friends I had back in high school.

[MrCharlie13]

My high school friends have lasted longer than my college friends

[EnglishArtsteacher]

For some reason, that's how it was with my life too lol.

[Jhonrembo36]

Yes I have a group of friends that we are still in very good contact with.

[Paul09]

Some close friends from high school. Yes. Known them over 25byears now.

[Anonymous]

no my any of my friends not near me...
. I'm feeling like not worthy with the name of Friendship

[LiamJHayden]

Many from elementary school.

[LazerBean]

Yep, and we still hang out frequently

[serious]

No, of course not.

[4ngelic]

no dont talk to any of them anymore

[mandyfire98]

A couple

[jahaims]

I have friends from elementary school still

[Iron_Man]

Yes, but they moved

[jjjjjooooojjjjooo]

I am 33 and still have

[LavLavLuv]

Yes!!

[Simslover92]

Nope I don't.

[TiaNour]

Yepppppppp

[Minahh]

Like 2

[XXblack88]

Nope