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The other day an old friend of mine called me and asked if I wanted to toss around a frisbee. He was my best friend through middle school and the first couple years of high school, but we just kind of went seperate ways. I thought it would be fun so why not. Basically, he couldn't be more of a douchebag. He talked about sex and womanizing the entire time, and threw the frisbee at a bunny we saw. He somehow turned into a dumb jock and I couldn't be more disgusted by him.
Anyone have any experiences with meeting up with childhood/friends from the past? Have they changed for better or for worse?
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LOL at the bunny part, it's so symbolic Yes, I can relate
just ignore him from now on, I guess
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United States24342 Posts
I hope the bunny dodged it.
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Korea (South)11558 Posts
wow I'm guessing your a senior in high school now, so just wow... i hope you're not going to the same college xD
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you should have asked quite seriously "why would you throw it at the bunny man? I mean what reason do you have for doing something like that?"
On the topic of my own childhood friends.. ive told people alot of bad things after meeting them, but only on MSN LOL
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yeah my best friend since 4th grade, who i used to hang out with everyday for like 6 years straight turned into a complete dumbass too. now all he does is smoke weed/drop acid and date ugly freshman(he's 18)
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Well, one of my closest childhood friends (age 6-12ish) broke into my house with a couple of his friends while my family and I were on a weekend camping trip when I was like a freshman. He stole my N64 and all my games, my dad's stereo, and tagged our walls with shaving cream (which didn't really come off). He started using drugs as well, so yeah. He turned out pretty bad. I haven't heard from him in several years though, so I hope he's changed since then.
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Yup I recently met a couple guys from high school I couldnt stand back then, now they are cool people..
Funny how people change - i wonder if he thought the same about you^^? - But hey at least he tried contacting someone from the past, I can think of at least 10 names I should really touch base with....ah life..
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Yeah, my old best friend through year 11 of school (dunno equivilent, last year of compulsory education) just sits around all the time now and smokes alot of weed. An other friend smokes alot of weed, does cocaine, does heroine, does e and all this shit. People change. Sucks.
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LMAO. 5/5
fucking hilarious blog. hes growing up dont mind immaturity.
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you shouldve noticed he turned into a fag when he first asked you to throw around a frisbee
I met my old childhood friend from preschool a few months ago and he turned into the biggest pothead i know...awesome
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My best friend in 5th grade. He became my science fair partner in 6th grade. 7th grade we went our separate ways. 8th grade, we dont talk to each other so much. Now were juniors. I forgot the last time i talked to him. Were completely 2 different people. Let's just say, some dont consider him a he anymore...
Edit: Since i dont talk to him anymore, i address him as a "he" when talking bout him
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Bah, a great friend of mine moved far farrrr away, and sometimes 2-3 years later, messaged me on msn and gave me his myspace or something, and i read his about me, and it was all about drugs, sex, and drinking and shit, something i would have never expected from him. he used to be SO afraid of doing ANYTHING bad (his parents were psycho) but i guess people change and grow it. It's life :p
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my best friend in 3rd grade. we became very close in 4th grade. we didnt hang out as much in 5th grade. we hung out everyday in 6th grade. we were the best of friends in the 7th grade. we didnt talk as much in the 8th grade. we split ways in 9th grade. we barely noticed each other in the 10th grade. i moved, i did not tell him. years down the road. we dont talk to each other anymore.
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I've parted ways with basically any friend that was close to me.
Best friend in 1st-3rd grade, we barely talk anymore. Best friend in 2nd-5th grade, we don't talk anymore. Best friends 5th-9th grade, they didn't talk to me for months before I left. Best friend 5th-8th, he moved, haven't talked to him since. Best friends 9th-12th, before I left we chilled for 20 mins and they asked if they could have my snowboard.
I have like 2 close friends that I still talk to, and it's rare. Fuck my life.
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Wow, I've known my best friend since I was 6 and we still talk on a daily basis. Same with another one of my close friends from high school. A couple of close friends I've had since Jr High I talked to on a weekly/monthly basis. I'm in graduate school btw.
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On May 16 2008 07:30 BaDayOri wrote: you shouldve noticed he turned into a fag when he first asked you to throw around a frisbee
Dude.... frisbee is awesome. -_-
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If you drifted apart, how come he is talking to you and inviting you to play freesbee? Thats weird man.
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All my old friends are in mint condition, fresh out of the box...
err
I had no problem with old friends, they're just less ambitious now, no longer wanna be astronaut anymore, but they're all very nice people :_)
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this made me sad, LOL /agree
I don't wanna think about this shit :O
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Best friend from 1st to 3rd grade is kinda creepy now. Best friend from 4th & 5th grade I never really talked to after I moved, don't know how he's doing. Best friend from middle school, we drifted apart a a little bit during high school, but still good friends (just maybe not best friend). I haven't really talked to him since high school though. Most of my other high school friends I still talk to occasionally, more often in the summer.
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I sometimes talk and hang out with one childhood friend when he is in town. Has not changed much tho, only difference is that he dress better and dont play football anymore. But I guess I have changed more and it's not the same thing hanging out. I only have contact with two friends from highschool and earlier. Funny thing is both of them was in my class at 1st grade. Kinda bad that I have not kept in tuch with more of my friends I have had over the years. Like when I went out on the town last time, I didnt recognise anyone and I live in a rather small town.
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My best friend from 4th grade now does cocaine
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My first best friend was abused by his father. He was socially repressed and always wanted people to be pleased with him, and he'd become outwardly depressed if his friends showed signs of disinterest. We didn't go to the same school - I met him at a one-day school for the gifted at age 7. He was fun to be around because he'd always like whatever I liked (not that I noticed when I was a kid) so it felt like we had a lot in common. Coincidentally, I met my current best friend at the same place.
Then at age 13 we ended up going to the same high school. I hung out with my old friends while looking out for him, because he'd spent a year going to school in Canada and said it was horrible (always got teased, etc), so whenever he appeared to be alone or awkward I'd show up and walk around with him during lunchtime. Eventually he settled in and we didn't really speak to each other much, except we'd occasionally go around to the other guys house on weekends to play games or do stuff. Mostly though I'd go around to my other friends house - he was smarter and more 'on my level' in terms of individuality and interests. We genuinely had a lot in common, right down to personality. I could hold discussions with him without being told to slow down.
Then at 15, I moved houses and schools to the other side of the city. I ended up a lot closer to my now-best friend, so that was convenient. In the last place I was living it was a 45 minute drive to his house. From here, I could bike there in 20 minutes or get driven in 10. My old friend still called me, as I had given him my number prior to moving. He left messages asking why I was ignoring him, and inquiries as to whether my mother was even passing said messages along to me. Eventually the calls stopped.
One day when I was about halfway through 16, I rang him. I got his incredibly hot sister on the line (which I have neglected to mention so far) and after a few minutes of talking I asked to speak to him. I told him I'd been swamped by schoolwork and that I'd never gotten to reply to his messages. I figured we could spend a day in town doing stuff. We spent a day in town but it wasn't really that great. He hadn't changed much aside from the fact he now had a car. So it went back to the former state of affairs. He didn't call me back.
When I was 17 and going to university, I had come back from town one night from a class that ended at 6, and the bus depot was pretty much empty. As I was walking over to my bus stop, I saw him. He was standing with his back to me with his arm around a girl, and followed by two others. I continued walking away from him and they eventually wandered off. That alleviated some of my 'concerns' (although they can't really have been genuine concerns if I never rang him to check up on him).
I look back on it now, two years later, and wonder if by leaving him I allowed him to realise that he didn't need me to be a normal person and that he could make friends and function fine by himself. My rational mind tells me that this is the guilty part of me trying to justify just leaving him by himself without telling him what was up. Another part of my mind tells me I should ring him again to see if I can get in touch with his aforementioned sister. But whatever. By now he's probably moved down south to go to university and is doing well for himself.
I feel like I should have made a blog of my own about this, but hey, you asked for it.
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United Arab Emirates5090 Posts
people change. when you're always together with your group of friends, you all change together more or less in the same direction. when you separate, you will gain new friends, and you will change according to your new group of friends.
i guess this happens to all of us. some people you got along with are now shit and some people you really didnt like that much back then are now rather nice
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that sucks, musta been disapointing to meet him. I met a guy in second grade, were really close until freshman year in high school, haven't talked and then we hung out two weeks ago and watched harold and kumar 2. he's the same, which is cool i guess.
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All my old friends who I haven't talked to in years have mostly become gang banger druggy/alcoholics. Everyone I still hang out with (about 4 guys I've known since 3rd--4th grade) are all still pretty cool, and one guy who I talk to every now and again is emo whereas he used to be the most hyper energetic kid I've ever known back in elementary/middle school.
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United States22883 Posts
On May 16 2008 09:15 katona wrote: My best friend from 4th grade now does cocaine Man, 5th graders can be rough these days.
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On May 16 2008 11:03 Jibba wrote:Show nested quote +On May 16 2008 09:15 katona wrote: My best friend from 4th grade now does cocaine Man, 5th graders can be rough these days. LOL
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