How Many Friends From School Have You Stayed In Contact With?

United States
November 17, 2008 8:28pm CST
I graduated High School in 1994 and have only stayed somewhat in contact with 2 of my friends from High School. So, I was just wondering, how many friends have you stayed in contact with? Are there any friends that you would like to try to find? I know I have a few that I would like to reconnect with. I've searched Social Networking sites but they don't have accounts and just don't know how to go about finding them. It would be nice to see what they are up to and to see if they are parents like myself.
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31 responses
• United States
18 Nov 08
I graduated in 2004 and I only stay in contact with a handful of them. I of course have them added as "friends" on myspace and facebook but do we really ever message eachother and catch up? no of course not. A lot of them are "too good" to talk to you now that they've moved away and living on their parents money hanging out in college. Back to the social networking sites like classmates.com I tried signing up once and they wanted me to pay for their services. I thought it was crap so I never persued it. I'm not sure of any other sites besides this one of course to reconnect. Basically my 2-3 best friends I had through school are the only ones I still talk to and hang out with now. I of course had other friends going through school but it was the nice "hey whats up" in the hallway or classroom but there were never birthday parties or sleepovers with them. What type of friends are you still in contact with? and why do you think its those certain friends that are still there? I'm curious.
• United States
18 Nov 08
Yeah I tried Classmates too but I didn't want to have to "pay" to see emails. That's a bunch of you know what that they do that. Especially since MS and FB are FREE. I only have contact with two of the people I went to school with. I guess they are somewhat like me, quiet, kind of shy and family people. I never really hung out with the "wild" bunch and I was never "popular". I just went to school and did what I was suppose to. I was also a "band geek" LOL, so we didn't really get the respect we deserved except for Pep Rally and Football games. One of the girls I still keep in contact with is my friend on FB and MS so we talk I would say every couple of months but my other friend I talk to her maybe once a year. Ever since she got married she really hasn't wanted to hang out or talk as much. I don't really have friend friends anymore and it sucks cause I get lonely. All of my neighbors are old so I don't really talk to them. All I have are my husband and kids to keep me company.
@jlamela (4898)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Hi KrayZLady76, it's crazy to think but I have only 1 friend back in highschool I have contact with and she is my 3rd cousin too, lol!I don't know where they gone right now, from what I have known, they are already married, in my batch I am the only remaining single. I graduated 1991 in highschool. Sometimes I would think if their married life take its toll in losing a contact. One of my closest friend in highschool don't even bother to say hello to me when I return to our home province (I am working now in the city), why such a move?I would often ask. I have 12 closest friends in highschool and only one stick until now, well of course she is my cousin and we have this common topic to talk about every now and then. In my part, I wanna bridge the gap but it seems they are busy with their respective life. It is just sad to think that friendship lose this way.
• United States
18 Nov 08
That is what happened with me and my friends. I got married, moved and started a family. I know a few of them are married and have children of their own but I never could understand why friendships have to end just because we get married. If we were close in High School why can't we remain friends out of High School? I just found one of my friends addresses and I am going to write to her for the Holiday's. She was at my bridal shower 8 1/2 years ago and I haven't spoken to her since. I kind of lost her address when I moved and could not find her anywhere on the internet but just yesterday I found her. I'm excited to write to her and find out what is going on in her life.
@zalilame (880)
• Malaysia
19 Nov 08
I am still friends with my primary school buddies and some from my kindergarten. Even though most of us got married but we still hang out at each others place. Two of my friends had passed away so I won't be seeing them. But I just love them. We always stayed together and help each other during hard time. May god bless them all.
• United States
19 Nov 08
now adays with internet communties you can have a ton of friends that you were in school with, but how many do we actually talk to...not so much
@alexudy (131)
• United States
18 Nov 08
Oh and about 50 friends
@alexudy (131)
• United States
18 Nov 08
I haven't graduated yet, but I stay in contact with everybody since I see them almost everyday at school.
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
hmm, actually, I have only few friends that I got a contact and keep in touch with them, mostly, lost contact with them. Some I can see on some social networking sites that I have like Friendster, so once in a while, I talk and and contacted them. I really miss them and would like as well to know how they are and what they are up to.
@cbreeze (1205)
• United States
18 Nov 08
The only person who I have kept in touch with since high school would be my ex-husband. We were high school sweethearts. Now we are divorced with three kids, so we still have regular contact with one another. There really aren't many people that I would even be interested in finding from high school after all these years. I am so satisfied with my very small collection of friends, I can't imagine needing anymore than them.
@TessWhite (3146)
• United States
18 Nov 08
I joined Classmates.com a few years ago thinking I'd locate alot of old friends. But after a year of that it seemed a waste of my time. I graduated in 1977, so its been more than 30 years. And really, what would I have in common with people I haven't stayed in touch with all those years? I do have one friend I've known since the age of five. I haven't seen her in years since she lives across the country. But, we email several times a month and send holiday and birthday cards to each other. Whats going to be different is I'm soon moving back to my old "hometown" that I left 30 years ago. I'm sure I'll run into a few of them around town and that should prove interesting since I've changed quite a bit. LOL
@gracie04 (4549)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
The last time i talked to my high school friends was five months ago.. most of them are already working abroad so it's quite impossible for me to meet them up.. the rest are still here but we have no time to meet up as schedule doesn't permit us to do so.. good thing, there's social networking site called friendster.. sometimes we exchange messages and chat through Yahoo Messenger..
• United States
18 Nov 08
I graduated from high school in 1999. I haven't stayed in touch with anyone. About 6 months after high school, my husband and I got married after he went through boot camp in the Marine Corps and we lived in VA where he was stationed. We are from Ohio and the few freinds that I did stay in touch with for a while, soon we were out of touch. I am still in touch with my best friend since I was about 12 years old. Some friends including your best buddies never go away and sick together no matter what!
@mnr367 (65)
• India
18 Nov 08
i do have contacts with my collage friends but when it come to school friends there is no much contact. i have contact with 2 of my school friends ,they are my best friends in school. the reason i still in contact with them is that they two are living near to my house , so there is no problem in keeping contact with them. but when considering other school mates its diffcult to get thier address and phone .
• United States
18 Nov 08
I graduated from Kapaa High school in Hawaii in 1992 and I have to say I only kept in touch with ONE friend over the years. It's sad, but I've moved around a lot. The island I am from is small so the friend i do keep in touch with keeps me posted on how everyone we went to school with is.
@ayaBee (65)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
well.. a few, we communicate via instant messaging, social network.. but not that often since we all went to different schools for college and had new friends, new interests and different schedules.. after college here comes work and everybody is busy with their profession, have new friends at work and we are only free on saturdays and sundays, but most of us would want to spend the weekend with family.. but i miss all of them.. it would be really really nice to be able to hang out sometime..
• Qatar
18 Nov 08
I am in contact mostly with my high school friends since i have my friendster account and most of them are in my list
@teshavill (278)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
Hi!I'm still in touched with at least 75% of my Highschool friends,classmates and batchmates.In fact,just last july 2008,we had our 25th highschool annirversary.Yeah,it is so nice to see and still updated with their lives even if we all have our own families.Some looked so old and some managed to be still so graceful and some looked like they're still in highschool(didn't change that much).WE just have one common factor that we all enjoy doing and that is reminiscing all those funny and crazy old times LOL..We still feel that sense of belongingness.I'm so happy that our children are now friends too.
@23uday (2997)
• India
18 Nov 08
Hi frnds, how many frnds from school have you stayed in contact with me? school frnds are good frnds.I like that i want many frnds from my school frnds only.I have many school frnds all are staying with contact,Now they are contact with me and stay in.By contact all our school frnds its a very nice and happy feel when we meet our school frnds again.My school frnds so close frnds to me.
@lou_66 (909)
18 Nov 08
i left school in 2005 so it wasnt really that long ago. eventhough this is the case i only stay in touch with 2 friends, also, form school. i do see other people who i went to school with around the town where i live but i will only say hello when i pass them. ihappy mylotting
@yangshuai (136)
• China
18 Nov 08
yup.i feel the same feeling to you.like my schoolmates graduated from high school,i keep contact around 5 each other.but most of them i have lost contacted with.and my schoolmates will hold a party each four years.that's a long-term time.for those closed friends,we continue to our relationships all the time .making nice friends is not an easy job.so i must cherish them.and i kindly wish our friendship last forever.
@alyssa_c (440)
• Philippines
18 Nov 08
I graduated high school in 2001, graduated college in 2005. Its not that long ago and it was during those times when texting boomed and social networking sites were a fad. It wasn't that difficult to track them down and get in touch with them. Even after living our separate ways aftr grad, we still send messages to each other and organize reunions every now and then to catch up with each others' lives. The social networks played a major role in all that. Pictures, videos, and lots of other stuff can be posted on you profile so even if you don't really get to talk to each other all the time, it still gets you posted on recent events in their lives. I have also been contacted by people I only knew by face in high school and now were actually friends and talking to each other! lol Kind of weird but it's all good.