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    ms. kitty kat       canada

    hi hive! need some advice and support...

    ive known my girlfriends for 10+ years. we have always been reallly close, and have even been each others MOH. however, over the last few years, everyone has seemed to get closer except for me. our personalities have changed. im more of a homebody but they all enjoy partying and for that reason i get left out alot. im having a really hard time with the fact that we have drifted. i know that peoples personalities change the older they get... but 10 years is a long time. its actually been harmful to me bcs i get upset alot due to the fact i always find out they go out for dinner or eachothers homes, and i never get invited. i cant talk to any of them bcs we have grown so distant that i dont feel confortable to even mention it..

    so heres my question.. anyone else had friendships fall apart after soo many yrs and just feel so lonely, and is it worth fighting for the friendship even though i know we dont have much in common anymore?

    thanks guys!

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    WHOA! I am so totally there right now. I'm also the only one that moved away, so I also get to deal with the distance problem. However, despite me moving, I'm still the one that tries to keep in touch with everyone. And most of the time, I don't get a call back. It hurts, and I'm really trying to figure out how to deal with it too.

    I think at this point, the only thing we can do it make new friends and move on. It stinks, but I'm tired of making all the effort for little to no response. I don't understand how people just don't have time to respond to a facebook wall post, but apparently they don't and I'm learning how to accept that.

    It'll be interesting to see how it changes once I move back, though. Especially since they're all mentally still in college and have all the drinking and drama that goes along with it.

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    I forgot to mention that I've been friends with these girls for...about 15 years. So yeah, I get it.

     
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    ms. kitty kat       canada

    im at the point where i feel like i have no idea how or where to make new friends. i have 1 really close gf that ive only known for 2 yrs, but we clicked right off the bat and it made me realize that this is the kind of person i want around. ive been feeling extremely hurt and i think the best solution is to just move on.. but do i just cut it off or just keep it as aquintances..whihc is what i feel we r now. we r suppose to spend new yrs together, and i just feel sooo out of place.  thanks for the reply though! the way i deal with things is to know that other ppl go through it to so i really like hearing personal experiences

     
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    His Barista    September 4, 2010   Spokane, WA

    If you feel you should more on, then do it. I've grown apart from a few of my friends that I've known forever as well. It sucks. And it hurts a lot, but I guess it's pretty common. = (

     
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    KMSull    August 7, 2010   Lexington, KY (via Atlanta, GA)

    Ha I had the "what if I can't make new friends?!" freakout the other day. We might be moving to a new new city (as in, somewhere I've never really even BEEN to as an adult) and I'm terrified! Is there a club you can join? Or a gym? Maybe volunteer? These are all things I'm going to try to do if we end up moving. I'm pretty shy and pretty insecure, so it's really hard for me to make friends. I've only moved twice in my life, so I don't have the practice.

     
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    Future Mrs. Martin    August 21, 2010   London Ontario Canada

    I think the friendship is worth it!

    How about you invite everyone over for a girls night?

     
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    ms. kitty kat       canada

    i make the effort to the the girls night out at least 2ice a month.. and i guess this is where all this insecurity is coming from... the fact tht when we do go out.. we have a good time, we go for dinner or drinks usually.. but i never have anything to say. there is a huge disconnect. i guess i just needed to vent. i dont want to lose them, but i feel like i already have. i think for the next 10 yrs it will be the same as it is now, dinner every month, some small talk. and just keep in touch, but it will never be the same. thanks for listening

     

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