I never had a great college group so other than my professional network/friends my closest friends are a few friends that I grew up with.

I am 41, and I am in a group of about 100 that chat daily. Around 25-30 of us meet once a year and chat and chill. It was an all-male high school

I’m 47. I have 2 high school friends that l meet up with quarterly.

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Anonymous wrote:Still very close with my core group of six from high school. We group text every day, take a girls trip all together every other year, and I see the ones nearby often. They are some of my best friends.

Are you 18?

I'm not the person you quoted, but man, you sound like a bitter old crusty lady. Hating on the pp because she has a larger friend group than you. Actually, now that you mention it, you sound like an 18yo.

My two best friends are from elem school. We still text daily, even though we live across the country now.

Anonymous wrote:Still very close with my core group of six from high school. We group text every day, take a girls trip all together every other year, and I see the ones nearby often. They are some of my best friends.

Are you 18?

0! Grew up in a bumf@ck and made it out to the big city.

One. We met in high school 36 years ago and we've been best friends ever since. No social media and after HS one of us went to college, and the other went into the military. About 5 years after high school we lived in the same city again. A few years later she moved away, and now we live a 4-hour car ride from each other.

Anonymous wrote:Do these friendships ever last, or do they just fizzle never to be seen again once everyone goes to college? It feels like college is when you make your real connections that you can use in the ‘real world’.

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I am 47 and see 3 friends regularly. One is my best friend; I've known her since middle school and we have stayed in touch since then. The other two are friends from high school; we reconnected when I moved back to the city were we grew up. We have similar interests and kids about the same age. One works about a mile from me and we meet for lunch periodically.

2-3 I might catch up with every few years but only one for monthly contact

Anonymous wrote:About 10. My whole friend group are those I’ve known since middle school.

+1

Except I tend to keep in touch with people from all parts of my life - college and jobs, too.

Be aware of people who stay in the same area, but only have the same 1, 2 or 3 friends. Not a good sign.

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A lot. But I went to 4 different HS. I am only FB friends with anyone from the first 3.

My closest friend of 20 years I met in my senior year of HS and even married someone from my graduating class, which was absolutely not planned and I did not know him prior to dating him. It's interesting since I can only remember 60-80 people of the 400-500 or so in my graduating class. I did not have a traditional college experience so college was not a friend-making adventure for me.

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