I have a friend from college who messaged me in June that she would be coming to DC, and that it would be great to meet up. We spent a lot of time together in college, but I haven't seen her since we graduated, back in June 2007. And I'm pretty sure I last spoke to her about 3 years ago. So I was slightly concerned that we might have changed too much to still have a lot to talk about. Luckily, that wasn't the case. Granted, some things have changed, but I think we are still basically the same people, and our friendship was solid enough in college that the intervening years haven't challenged that core relationship. In fact, she even stayed with me this past week as she decided to stay in DC an extra week and needed a room. And while I'm sure I don't ever want a roommate again, I am happy we got to hang out and spend time together.
I have a couple of friends from college that I keep in good touch with, and many that I wish I spoke with more often. One of the reasons I don't talk to many of them as much as I wish is because of the time difference. But I also think Facebook is to blame. Its a great tool to "follow" people, but I would argue that my actual interactions with my college friends has gone down because I have that artificial contact. So my goal is to stay in better touch with people. Especially those who I was good at keeping in touch with immediately after college. Hopefully I can do so.
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