High School Friends

[DavisEverLOL]

Do you guys continue to talk to them? Or have you moved on from all of them? From what I have been told, college friends are better and will be more memorable. A lot of adults I have talked to have pretty much moved on from their friends in high school. Is that the case with you guys?

[Black Joker]

i still talk and hang out with a decent amount of my hs buds

[NastaMaverick]

I've lost touch with most of mine, and im still in high school. true story.

[DirkNowitzki41]

Well, I am still in high school.. so yeah.

But after high school I can still see myself talking to them especially my main group of friends.

[DavisEverLOL]

I meant to talk to the guys that have already graduated. I have just been told so many times that high school will look very stupid in a few years and now I am starting to think it is true.

[enayes]

Sort of. It depends on how you were in high school.

I didn't really hang out with a whole lot of people but I was familiar with everyone. My senior I only hung with a few people for real and those people I keep in contact with somewhat. Other than that I don't really keep in touch.

Plus with people going out of state for college or sports it really makes it hard to keep in contact outside of things like facebook or twitter.

Once you graduate you'll kind of miss fooling around with your friends and fun times you had in high school, but eventually it'll become a distant memory (at least in my case it did)

Pretty much the same for me. I'm 21, heading into my senior year of college.

[The-Legend-24]

High school ended for me last year( THANK YOU LORD couldn't stand being in school for 7 hours every day) I lost contact with some of them, some i keep in touch through XBL.

[DavisEverLOL]

You didn't drop out, did you?
No, of course not, it was an overreaction and I just wanted people to give me advice to keep my drive going.



Sort of. It depends on how you were in high school.

I didn't really hang out with a whole lot of people but I was familiar with everyone. My senior I only hung with a few people for real and those people I keep in contact with somewhat. Other than that I don't really keep in touch.

Plus with people going out of state for college or sports it really makes it hard to keep in contact outside of things like facebook or twitter.

Once you graduate you'll kind of miss fooling around with your friends and fun times you had in high school, but eventually it'll become a distant memory (at least in my case it did)
It is just sad. Maybe it is more so in my case, but it is what it is. College is a new chapter in life.

[DavisEverLOL]

Yeah man there is a whole new world out there after high school. Trust me, you haven't even felt the tip of the iceberg yet when it comes to life until you actually have that freedom.

It's a lot of fun but a lot of responsibility too
I am going to assume you are at a university, so i guess that makes things easier. It is just tougher for me, going to a CC, people are not willing to have as much fun as those in the university, although I have been told you will still make friends, I just don't have a good feeling about this. I feel like these next two years will take a while.

[LA_Showtime]

I don't talk with most of them, no. I'd say I regularly talk to 3 of them, while I occasionally see others at random parties or what not. It's kind of sad, but a lot of my "friends" in high school were just party buddies.

[LA_Showtime]

I am going to assume you are at a university, so i guess that makes things easier. It is just tougher for me, going to a CC, people are not willing to have as much fun as those in the university, although I have been told you will still make friends, I just don't have a good feeling about this. I feel like these next two years will take a while.

Rush a frat or join a club if you don't make friends naturally.

I do wish they had more mentor programs at the University. I think it'd be fun as hell to take a naive freshman and show him college and specifically the party scene.

[Scholar]

I only keep in touch with one high school buddy. He's been my best friend for the past 7 years (since Freshman year to present) and I don't see our friendship ending.
I'm also with my high school sweetheart. Met her in '07 in a science class. We've been inseparable since.

[LA_Showtime]

I meant to talk to the guys that have already graduated. I have just been told so many times that high school will look very stupid in a few years and now I am starting to think it is true.

Despite being a jock, I never really enjoyed high school. The homework and learning itself was a waste of time, and despite never applying myself I've still managed to do well in college. I just felt like a robot. They don't encourage outside the box thinking or anything that doesn't fit the status quo. I do miss hanging out with friends after school every day, the parties, the sports games, fight night, and the naive underclassmen girls though. :oldlol:

Speaking of fight nights, anyone else have those in high school? We'd go to a park or someone's house and everyone would get drunk and bare fist box each other. It was ****ing hilarious.

[Eat Like A Bosh]

I hangout every once in a while with 3-5 people now that I knew from High School.
Because we all go to the same college.

[SevereUpInHere]

I'm 29, and although I don't live in the same city as I did at High School or College, any time I'm home I always catch up with my mates from HS. Got one mate who I email most days and still really close with maybe 3-4 others. Rarely talk to anyone I went to college with. I stayed real tight with my HS mates all through college, but I lived in my home town when i was at College. I think that would have a big bearing on things, of you were away from home and your mates I'm sure the bond with College crew would be much stronger.

[joe]

Ya.. but my HS friends and I are like brothers. I knew most of them even in Middle/Elementary school. Out of the 4 others in the "main" group, I still see two of them regularly, one occasionally, and the other not at all.

I was never able to get too close to anyone in college, to be honest. I couldn't relate to most of the people I met. They all just seemed like strangers.. and I didn't feel comfortable forging a bond.

[IlliniFan]

I'm still very close with my good high school friends. The 5 of us still hang out with regularity.

I feel like I have 3 main groups of friends, then just other random scattered ones. Friends from work, college friends, and high school friends, though a few from each group have met each other/know each other.

[mcrd101]

im actually just as close with my close friends from high school now as i was when i was still there. they were really the only people i hung out with during high school, and freshman year of college didn't go too great socially for me-i made friends but none of them good friends, most weekends i ended up staying in because i dont drink.

[irondarts]

Lost touch with most of them, but I still stay in touch with a few.

[Rake2204]

Quite interesting responses. They're really all over the board here. I read three or four posts that all seemed to have parts that I had in common with. I remember hearing all the same stuff about how you'll lose all your high school friends and they'll mean so little in the scheme of things and whatnot, but I've clearly realized that's not always necessarily true. There's just too many unique paths to be taken once we leave high school.

In my case, nine years after graduation (it goes quickly), my best friend is still my best friend from high school. There's been years where we haven't been as close, and we went to college in different states (and he even had a cup of tea in pro ball - baseball that is) but when it came down to it, we were still boys.

Like so many others, I had a "group" my senior year of high school made up of 4 or 5 of my primary guys. And the rate at which I've kept up with them is all on a varying scale. My best friend remains and we still hang out regularly. Another guy in my high school group I try to hang out with a few times a year, but he's married and with jobs and whatnot, it's sometimes tough. A third close friend, a guy who went with me to community college, eventually moved a few states away and sort of dropped off the face of the Earth. The other fellows I lost contact with almost immediately.

The good news is, it almost does always work out. When you're in high school, you think it won't, because you only think of the strong bonds you've built through all the years with your boys. However, new experiences in new places (jobs, college, general life living) tend to slowly allow us to maneuver about new friendships as we see fit. Some guys, like my brother, virtually disown their hometown and all their classmates the moment they hit college. Others have a more variant course.

In my case now, my relationships are a hodgepodge of all experiences I've had over time. Some high school friends, some work friends, some college friends. Particularly as a transfer student, I wasn't a guy who went all-in during college and integrated myself into an entire batch of students. I was sort of an outsider and as crazy as it seems, my education was the reason I was there. Even with that in mind, everything worked out great. I met great people, I had friends who I cared for (and who cared about me) and everything generally worked out great.

[bballer]

I regularly hand out with 1 of them.

Hang out with 4 of the other a couple times per month. Mostly college friends right now.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Do you guys continue to talk to them? Or have you moved on from all of them? From what I have been told, college friends are better and will be more memorable. A lot of adults I have talked to have pretty much moved on from their friends in high school. Is that the case with you guys?

I have a very mixed view about high school over the years. I'm currently a senior in college. First off, first two year of high school were a blast but I was relatively quiet. Just had a few friends, enjoyed my time on the track team, had a very solid grade average. After that, junior year was a disaster. I got out of shape, was flirting with girls and making a fool out of myself. Got into fight with close friends, was moody, got angry because my grades were poor compared to what they used to be. Senior year, I made a lot more friends at my high school and other high schools. Was may more outgoing, retook the SAT, did decent but not great (was probably the deciding factor why i got waitlisted at two schools I really wanted to have the opportunity to go to).

My friends at graduation all kind of gave each other that look like "we probably won't see each other nearly as often or ever again after this." Many people moved to different states for college. My closest friend went down South and many people from my high school went to a school an hour away or in NYC. I went to school 2-3 hours away. After my freshman year, about 80% of who I wanted to see came through for little reunions such as playing basketball, bowling, etc. I visited them at their school the following fall break if I remember correctly.

By the sophomore year summer, EVERYONE was busy. I didn't see anyone from my old high school besides one or two people who were underclassmen.

This past summer (junior year summer), I only played ball on like two occasions with a high school friend. My friend who moved to a different state after high school talks about how much he misses NY and the people.

College friends are more memorable for sure and best for networking purposes. I've met many people who I really get along with but the nostalgic feeling of high school friends have never let me. I'm 21 here remembering sometimes how fun high school was and how carefree we all were at 18 as seniors. All of us got into good schools and knew that it would be the best year of high school.

I haven't moved on personally but I would admit most of them have. I only talk to one high school friend consistently. At times, I felt I should have gone to a school near home because I realized how much I miss these guys and frankly I wish senior year of high school never ended.

Another thing about high school friends too is you see people change. Every friend group has that one really smart kid who you find out 10 years after high school is no where as successful as you thought he would be. That kid in your group who was a lazy student and got by all of a sudden is incredibly successful.

My older brother's group of friends were all kind of wild back in high school. Now, they are all very successful.

I would say a lot of people say they won't miss high school but in the end, they will remember it from time to time. I miss it probably more than the majority of my graduating class. Knowing everyone too was nice unlike college where I meet new people every term. I don't mind this but I liked the commonality of seeing the same people everyday and not having much change over a course of 4 years.

[Le Shaqtus]

I had a lot of friends in High School, but I only kept 5 of them who I consider my best friends and we always make it a point to meet up whenever we're all in town. Luckily right now we all are because it's Christmas. One went to UNC and graduated and is possibly moving to San Fran, one to Clemson and now in med school, and 3 of us go to UCF.

We're all going to the Clemson bowl game on the 29th, super excited.

[GimmeThat]

You should watch the illusionist

[Bosnian Sajo]

I meeaaan I have a solid group of friends whom which I grew up with, and we all still stay in contact. Not all of us are the same age, and we were scattered around different high schools, but no matter.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

I had a lot of friends in High School, but I only kept 5 of them who I consider my best friends and we always make it a point to meet up whenever we're all in town. Luckily right now we all are because it's Christmas. One went to UNC and graduated and is possibly moving to San Fran, one to Clemson and now in med school, and 3 of us go to UCF.

We're all going to the Clemson bowl game on the 29th, super excited.

So many people I grew up around are in medical school now. They make it seem so much easier than it is :(. Most people at my college (60%) or so give up pre med by junior/senior year.

[GimmeThat]

I meeaaan I have a solid group of friends whom which I grew up with, and we all still stay in contact. Not all of us are the same age, and we were scattered around different high schools, but no matter.


So you monitor their signals. ?

[GimmeThat]

So many people I grew up around are in medical school now. They make it seem so much easier than it is :(. Most people at my college (60%) or so give up pre med by junior/senior year.


When you know something too well.

You may naturally become incompatable to aspects of life

[DirkNowitzki41]

Well, I am still in high school.. so yeah.

But after high school I can still see myself talking to them especially my main group of friends.

3 years ago, and I was spot on. :applause:

[TylerOO]

A handful of em. One is like my brother, the others I really couldn't care less about most days. Then again I'm a bipolar ****

[That_Admiral]

Been at uni for 2 years. But I can say i'm more closer to my high school friends then my uni ones. In the holidays, i always hang out with my high school mates.

[NBAplayoffs2001]

Been at uni for 2 years. But I can say i'm more closer to my high school friends then my uni ones. In the holidays, i always hang out with my high school mates.

It's such an odd feeling too coming back home and hanging out with high school friends IMO. Some kids I knew changed drastically for the better and worst. I also noticed how most of my high school friends were pretty boring and way less wild than my college friends. But despite that, I just loved seeing how they are all for the most part still innocent.

People who weren't my friends though who went to great schools and are not pursuing graduate schools are already getting really good job offers: 50k+ salaries and I can't help but think I used to play handball with them during off-periods in high school. :applause:

[Nanners]

My two closest friends are both guys I have known since kindergarten, so we have all been friends for about 30 years now. I dont get to see them too often these days since we all live in different cities now, but we still talk a lot on the phone, play online games together, and meet up for vacations and holidays.

Its really been a blessing having these two amazing friends for my entire life, we are basically family.