Diary Forever Friends

​Who is lucky enough to have friends forever? I’m not—I have to confess. Maybe I’m the problem, or maybe they are.

​My first friends from school completely disappeared. They found new friendships, developed new interests, and despite my efforts to keep them in my life, I eventually lost my patience with compromising—and ultimately, my interest.

​I once read a post that said, "I lost my friends when I stopped following their schedules." That is such a big truth.

​I can still hear someone saying, "If you were true friends, you would still be together."

​To me, that sounds completely utopian (it's a Greek word—look it up if you don't know what it means!).

​Even with a lifelong friend, once they got married, their partner clearly didn't like me for various reasons and kept them away from me. How can I compete with that? I mean, how do you navigate the balance between a new family starting and an old friendship ending?

​And honestly, they didn't seem to miss me at all.

​Stay tuned—there will be a Part II about friendships coming soon, but in the meantime, feel free to share your stories with me in the comments.