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[quote=Anonymous]This sounds like me.  Here are the schools i went to:

- K-1 (local public)
- 2-5 (private)
- 6-8 (magnet)
- 9-13 (local high school)
- 4 years university
- 3 years law school.

The schools from K-13 were all in the same town, but never in the same feeder system (ie private to public to magnet). I knew people from HS who went to my university, but law school was in a new city super far from where I grew up.  And now i live in a part of the country  that is super far from where i grew up. So starting from law school, i have never lived in a place that has any connection to where I grew up or any roots.

I met DH when i was 21 and we've been together for 25 years and are incredibly close. I have always had lots of friends in most stages of my life, and even have at least 1 good friend from each past phase since college (ie a friend from law school, 4 friends from college).  But while they are "good friends", they are not the same kind of super close, text a lot, speak on the phone frequently type friends some women i know have.  And i have a number of lovely friends now, and we care about each other, and look out for each other. But I've moved so frequently that i know i may leave again, and I'm sort of indifferent to whether i have to move on from these friends.  I'm just used to kind of picking up new friends every 4 years of my life.  I've always wondered if this is a chicken and egg thing: Do i make loose friendships and accept moving on every few years because that's how my school years were? Or have i moved on so easily every few years because that's how i am, and therefore i keep moving on every few years.

In any event, as mentioned, I'm incredibly close with DH for 25 years. And DS for 12 years. And my parents. DH is my whole world and I don't know what I'd do without his constancy. I might be more bothered about the fleeting nature of my other relationships but for him.  [/quote]

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