Anonymous
Post 11/15/2025 15:30     Subject: Old High School Friends
Anonymous wrote:Glad to read that many stay close with HS friends (or elementary or MS). My son has such a great group of childhood friends and I’d love it if they remained tight.


+1 I quickly lost touch with all my HS friends. I love that both my kids have been able to maintain great friendships since elementary school. They made new friends at college too but the most important friends in their lives mostly go back to 2nd-3rd grade.
Anonymous
Post 11/15/2025 14:49     Subject: Old High School Friends
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:There's nothing wrong with keeping in touch with high school friends and reconvening over breaks, but clinging too tightly to people from back home is usually a sign that one hasn't moved on and fully embraced the college experience. I've noticed this is rarely an issue for kids who join Greek life. When my own freshman came home and met up with his high school buds, the difference was stark. The fraternity men were telling story after story about their first semester of college, the crazy fun they were having, the girls they were getting, etc. The GDIs were reminiscing about the good old days of high school and didn't have much to say about college.


Its 60yo frat dad again with his 1980s frat memories coloring his worldview 45 years later


I picture Brett Kavanaugh in a bathrobe, with a Pabst Blue Ribbon at 8 am, checking his college calendar while anonymously posting on DCUM.
Anonymous
Post 11/14/2025 19:49     Subject: Old High School Friends
Glad to read that many stay close with HS friends (or elementary or MS). My son has such a great group of childhood friends and I’d love it if they remained tight.