August 2: QOTD

[sheila]

Do you keep in touch with any of your friends from your childhood? How often do you talk to them?

[schwanda]

I have a friend from nursery school that I stay in touch with. We went to preschool together starting at age 3 when we both lived in Evanston, IL. She moved to Detroit at age 6, we moved to NY when I was 9, and then she moved to NY in junior high school. We attended each other's high school graduations and we were in each other's weddings. I probably only talk to her once every other month or so. She's about to start IVF this month so we've been talking more frequently.
I don't really stay in touch with my friends from high school.

Amanda

[MrsPeacefrog]

I still talk to my neighbour from my childhood, but that is only about twice a year, we catch up on our lives, we have gotten together about once a year for the last 10 years or so.

As for highschool friends, I don't speak to any of the girls I went to school with, but the guys that I hung around at that time were all Tonys friends as Tony and I met in highschool and we are all still great mates, they are in our close circle of friends, so we see them all the time.

[Melissa]

I do. My friend grew up 4 houses down from me, we've known each other since we were three (when her family moved in). We went to different colleges, but otherwise lived near each other while growing up. We talk about once a week or so.

[Ana975]

I still talk to one pretty often. We don't see each other that much because both our schedules are crazy. I still hang out with my friends from high school, some of which I met in Junior High. In fact, in a couple weeks we'll be going on vacation together to Punta Cana. Can't wait!

[TtownAnne]

Nope. :( I've moved a bunch, and the only friend that I still talked to from childhood stopped talking to me after I got married because I had to choose a new maid of honor when she had moved and changed jobs and I had no way to reach her!

[Jayne]

I do!!!

Kara and I grew up in church together. We went to Sunday school and public school. She was a grade ahead of me but we have kept in touch and we were always in the same sunday school.

Dee and I have been friends since 8th Grade. I just met up with her in Sterling VA at Sweatwater for dinner and I am going to go to the Outterbanks in September for her wedding!

I actually am in Myrtle Beach with High school friends. There are five guys who have been together since Grade school. Dan, Denny, Justin, Vince, and Chris. I started dating Chris my Jr. Year of High School and then moved on to Dan at the end of My Jr. year but we have all remained friends and see each other about once a week. We were each in each other's weddings!

[Mary DK]

No :( I moved around a bit before I came to the States so I lost contact with many of them and then after being in the States for awhile I lost contact with other ones.

[~LORI~]

My best friend, Wendy, and I met in the 1st grade. I talk with her on a daily basis. She's considered an aunt to my kids and her mom is like a second mother to me and my kids.

I also talk with 2 other friends that I went from elementary to high school with. Not daily, but at least once a month. And another friend that I met in middle school and went to church with I talk with about once a week in e-mail.

[Eleanor]

My best friend and I have kept in touch since 4th grade. We don't talk as often- maybe once or twice a month. And I have another friend from high school that I talk to maybe 3 or 4 times a year :dunno: I run into some old friends occasionally, now that I'm living in my old home town- but we don't really make an effort to stay in touch.

[Karri]

From my childhood: no. I moved when I was in 6th grade and my best friend and I maintained contact for awhile, but then her dad died and she moved to Chicago with her mom and we lost touch :(

From my teen years: yes. I still talk to my 2 best friends. One of them I just talk to and see about 2x a year. The other one (and her husband) is still very much a big part of my life/my husband's life. They are actually renewing their vows in Spain next summer (where he's from) and we're going to be there...wouldn't miss it for the world.

[Brandi Jo]

I talk to my best friend from the time we were about 6 years old on every day. She's still my best friend. :)

[Stacey]

From my childhood, I keep in touch with my best friend. Unfortunately, I wouldn't really call us best friends these days. She's not married, and she just leads a totally different life than I do... and she acts weird about it. We're still friends though. I guess I talk to her 1-2 times a month. Through her I still hear about other childhood friends.

I keep in touch with quite a few of my HS friends. We don't talk often (every few months), but when we do it's like it always was between us.

[AmyP]

Childhood: Not really. I used to talk to a girl I'd known since kindergarten pretty often but we've since drifted apart. I actually kind of cut things off shortly after I had Sarah. She came over to see her (she was three months old) with her new boyfriend who I didn't like. I realized that day that we had nothing in common but our past and haven't tried to get a hold of her since. I hope I don't come across as mean because of that.

High School: Yes. One of my best friends from high school is Sarah's godmother and her child is my goddaughter. We talk about once a month and both wish we talked more often. Her daughter is almost 8 and she is enthralled with Sarah. It's really cute.

[Lynn]

One of my closest friends, Amy, I definitely do. We have a rather unique beginning of our friendship and we tease that we've been friends since birth.

She was born on 9/21/71
I was born on 9/22/71.

My mom was her mom's home ec. teacher.

We were born a hospital room apart.

We talk nearly 2-3 times a month. :biggrin:

[Barb]

Because I moved a couple times as a kid, I don't keep in touch with anyone from my childhood. I do still keep in touch with one friend from high school but that's sporadic at best.

[Alyssa]

Yes, and constantly. There are 12 of us from high school (and several of us went to elementary school together, or knew eachother from town-related activites like soccer and dancing). We are all still very tight although we've all naturally ended up better/closer with some. I email with several of them more often than others, but we all try to go out at least once a month. Sometimes it's more, other times less. In the last month alone, I've seen them for a wedding, a shower, a bach. party, a wake, a funeral and this weekend will be another cookout and in 2 weeks another wedding. I also need to drop by to give another one of them my maternity clothes! :aok:

[Kaybee711]

My two best friends I met in elementary school. I still talk to them at least once a week. I don't see them as often as I would like.

[Alysia]

I have a friend who I have known since the age of 3. We have not been as close for the last 10 years or so as we were while growing up. But, I do try to call her at least every few months.

[Michal]

I have one friend that I still keep in contact with, we met in 3rd grade. We were in each other's weddings and we still go out ever now and then, next week we are going ocean kayaking together.

[Eva]

I have a friend that I have know since I was 3. She lived across the street from me and our Mom's were best friends. I consider her Mom my second Mom. We call each other at least once a month often more and she actually just spent a week with us here 2 weeks ago.

I have another friend who now lives in Chicago. We have known each other since we were 4. We don't really talk to each other much any more but we still write every Christmas.

I have known my best friend since grade 7. We try to talk every month and email regularily. She was down for a visit in February.

[KristenF]

My friend for whom I'm going to be a surrogate was in my 2nd grade dance class, and we got close in 7th grade. Of my 5 best friends today, 2 are from the 7th grade and the other 3 are from the 9th. Four of them were my 4 brides' maids :)

[Nichole]

There's just one friend from elementary age that I keep in touch with. It's not regular contact, but we send each other Xmas cards and will meet up when I go back to visit family in South Dakota.

I've lost touch with high school friends. There were a couple I kept in touch with through college and for a couple of years after, but they were slackers and dropped off the face of the planet.

[Clare]

My two best friends today are the same ones from my childhood. Ruth and I met in kindergarten in 1972 :eek: and we met Lynne in high school in 1980. We were all each others bridesmaids and they are Emily's godparents. They both live in Asia at the moment so I don't speak to them as often as I normally would. Lynne lives in Singapore and will be there for awhile, Ruth is in Malaysia but will be returning to Australia soon. When she's here, we talk several times a week. There are two other girls from high school that I keep in touch with. One lives in London and the other in NSW, so I don't see them often but we keep in touch via email.

[Bridget]

I'm not really in touch with much of anyone from my childhood or high school although I "keep track" of some at least in general through friends. I stay in touch with two girls from high school (one I also went to grade school with) but that's about it.

My best friend from grade school is kinda nutty so I'm happy not to stay in touch with her. :lol:

My best friends from high school (and through college) drifted away into serious Jehovas Witnessland and I don't even know where they are now (my two best friends married). :( The girl and I were very close but when she got really back into her faith she wasn't supposed to be friends with me anymore because I wasn't JW. I have very many happy memories of our times together anyway.

[Gerri]

I am friends with a few girls that I went to kindergarden with. We see each other infrequently, but we are still in the same social circle. (Small town! :lol: )

From high school, I am still good friends with many of my old friends. (Hi Aimee! :) ) Alot of them are my photography clients now, so we've reconnected. I love that there is such a rich past with so many of my friends. It's amazing having relationships that are going on 20 years old. :)