• supermurs@kbin.earth
    15·
    14 天前

    It’s funny when I visit my hometown, I don’t see a familiar face anywhere. Apparently all the people I knew in high school have left.

  • renegadespork@lemmy.jelliefrontier.netEnglish
    13·
    14 天前

    I used to do this in college, but in my 30s, I go up and talk to them.

    The older you get, the harder it is to make and maintain friendships. You get to a point where any ice-breaker is worth starting a conversation, because these opportunities get rarer and you’d be surprised how different people can be from their high school selves.

    • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
      3·
      13 天前

      so i’ve just moved 2000 miles for grad school, i decide i’m going to take the new environment to do whatever reinvention is necessary in blah blah blah we’ve all been in our 20s. I get there, i’m unloading the car and it’s not been 5 minutes before I hear someone yell out from across the parking lot “hey! [my older brother’s name]!” I look up and wave and don’t recognize them, yell NOPE! DONT WORRY, NOT HIM! HIS BROTHER! and then there’s a pause and i hear “oh thank god he was the worst TA” so one of my neighbors and i became friends right away, but like even then i’m like jesus fucking christ in the foot holes can i get away

      anyways sometimes you gotta move further.

      • nagaram@startrek.website
        1·
        13 天前

        I’ve been trying to talk my fiance into moving because I found out that one of the guys my high school sweetheart ex cheated on me with frequents my favorite coffee shop.

        I’m considering a coastal swap.

        • BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.world
          2·
          13 天前

          you’re not responsible for their poor taste, and i’ll be honest some places don’t have good coffee shops. i’m not sure it’s worth the risk. I’d find the coffee shop first.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
    2·
    13 天前

    My old high school classmates and I have warm feeling whenever we bump into each each other. I am lucky that my home city is small enough, everyone practically knows each other, and have a strong sense of community. My high school also fostered that sense of community in my class, so I think it has been instilled and manifested among us.

    So, the bigger reason, among many, why I moved out of town is more like I don’t want to see my college classmates lol. I only got along with certain people from my course. The only college mates I have still kept in touch with are two buddies from different courses.