Does friendship fade as time goes by?

I agree, true friendship will always be there, on different levels. If it is not a True friendship, then it will not matter if you see that person in 1 year or 10, they will just treat you as an acquaintance.

For me, it seems like time do a trick on me. As long goes, my school friends were disapear one by one, or become less and less contact each other. Maybe what you said on the topic is right, as time goes, friendship did fade away from me. I don't know what had gone wrong though.

Yeah, I agree with you. The real friendship never fades but deepens as time goes by. But the problem is real friends always a few.

I made several friends in my junior middle school. As time goes by, we has less and less time to get together. But if any one of us encounters trouble, others will try the best to give a hand at once, no matter how busy indeed.

I have to say it's really wonderful to have a few real friends!

Maybe it depends on the situation and the current state of individuals. There are times that friendship that seem to faint as time goes by because its not at all time they tend to enjoy it. I myself would really enjoy being in accompany with friends but I don't seem to feel such feelings from them anymore. Maybe friendship is not that important at all. Better befriend the primary members of the family coz you can certainly expect a good return.

personally, i don't think friendship should fade.
if u consider one a friend, he should be a friend forever.

although i admit that i am not in constant contact with my friends, i get to talk to them over the phone from time to time. having families of our own surely restricts being with friends all the time but this should not let us drift apart from each other.

my closest friends are my friends some 30 or so years ago. we still get in touch and dine together, when we find time. our friendship never fades.

Friendship never fades with time. It is only that the intensity varies depending on the interaction that is maintained. If You keep meeting everyday, the intensity lasts. if you meet once in a while, the intensity diminishes. If you do not meet for a long time, you move on as there are other things to keep you busy and occupied, however the friendship does not break.

I think friendship does fade, especially when you're distant. I remember three people whom I considered as my friends--Jonathan, Jason and Cisco. I hardly hear from any of them! I do know that Cisco lives with his wife in New York. Jonathan and Jason are twins, and the last time I heard from them, they were both in Norfolk, Virginia with Jonathan attending Tidewater Community College. I miss all three, but the friendship I had with them has faded completely. So, I moved on and is now living in Atlanta, Georgia with my nephew and our roommate. BE BREEZY!!!

--eyeneed30Gs

Friendship can fade over time. If we're lack of interaction among one to another, we will start not to understand our friends. He/she will change over time and in a couple of years, we hardly recognize him/her as our friend anymore. From best friend will become stranger.

I have a few friends that I still contact from university. Some lost contacts until I used Facebook. However, it seems like they're a different person and I don't really know them anymore.

It would probably depend as to how deep and strong your bond is. Relationships takes on different levels. In our lives, we just have some few people who we treasure despite of time and distance. Some of these people are our families, spouses/romantic partners, and a few close circle of friends. Most of the people that we meet and know are just casual acquiantances which really don't give much of an impact on our lives. Friendship that stands the test of time and distance are deep friendships and they cross the bounds of mere acquaintances. Life is a series of hellos and good byes and we have no control over it. What we can control is to choose which people and relationships that are valuable to us and hold on and cherish them. Time and distance are not a hindrance to friendship actually. Though it might change but it really doesn't necessarily mean that it fades. People change through time either for the better or worse but if one clings on and cherishes relationships/friendships, it will remain even though people change.

it depends, maybe to some of them as they found another friends or being busy with their own family or life. though luckily coz i still have trusted friend with me whose always with me despite of my ups and down. such a treasure that no money can buy.