From Best friend to normal friend!! Is it possible?

India
February 13, 2010 6:15am CST
Hi All, I am in a situation where i have no answer. Situation : we are real good friend and used to spend lot of time together. Now when she has gone away for further studies i am not able to think any thing good. like i don't have friend to share my happiness and pain. Actually we talk over the phone but its not satisfying.i am getting irritated, have done all sort of relaxing activities. When she is busy, iam free. She has new class mates and now enjoying her studies and time. Its not her mistake but i can't think any other option now!! Should i take her as normal friend and search an new one? Searching a new best friend is hard.. they are rare !! what should i do now?
6 responses
• India
14 Feb 10
hi.searching a new best friend is not hard or a difficult one but inspite of doing that try to spend more time with your old friend.she may be busy with her new classmates but she can't forget you.don't get irritated.it's a simple thing when she's free ask her to talk with you .when she's busy just spend ur time with your studies and other work.distance can't seperate ur frienship
• United States
14 Feb 10
I think one of the beautiful things about friendship is that it could be ever changing and as long as it never breaks, it can always improve unlike love relationships. I've had that best-friend-then-normal-friend relationship with a girl. Eventually, we became best friends again when we have more time and missed each other. Then when we were more busy and have other people in our lives, we were regular-meet-for-coffee friends again. Maybe that would be how it is with your friend as well. Just let the friendship run it's course, and for better or worse, well....we'll just have to take it.
@drannhh (15219)
• United States
13 Feb 10
Why are you allowed to have only one best friend? Why do you have to be together to remain friends? If you are talking about a romantic attachment, that might be something different. But I if not, then I will say that I think we should always have an eye out for new friends. I do not think however that any one friend needs to be better than another and one of my best friends disappears from time to time, once for twenty years or more and then came back and said Hi and we talked for hours just like school chums again. For me, absence does not take a friend away. You have to consider the possibility, though, that your friends might grow beyond you. By that I mean that new learned may take her in a different direction and so you may be left behind in her thoughts. In that case I would look for new friends. If your phone calls are not satisfying, then please do not call her any more. You will know whether she is interested in continuing the friendship if she calls you. If not, it is cruel to pursue her as she might not have time to visit on the phone. If she is in school, her job is to learn and make new friends as professional contacts, and she is very busy.
@Ladyslipper (1327)
• Philippines
14 Feb 10
Having a bestfriend does not mean that you always have to be together and that you can't have your own set of friends or other close friends. Eversince I was in highschool Kristine has been my bestfriend. I sometimes sleep over to their house. We are inseparable at school and we study together for our exams. We are always groupmates in school activities. Everything changed when we went to College. We went to different schools. We no longer see each other that much eversince we went to College. We never talk that much anymore so I had other close friends and it was the same for her. However, in times of need we are always there for each other. If i have a problem she's the first person I will call. If she has a problem I'm also the first person she will call. It's ben almost two years now since the last time I saw her. We sometimes communicate through the net or phone but just once in a blue moon. However, the connection is still there. I did not limit my self to her. She is still my bestfriend and I am still her bestfriend but we both had other close friends who are physically near to us.
• Mexico
14 Feb 10
Hello yogeshdhusa!! Starting from your question at the title: Yes, I think it is possible!! It has happened to me. Back in high school I had 2 best friend. With one I was all school time and we made homeworks together, the othe one was like my party friend and the one to talk about love and stuff!! When we graduate, we kinf of like promise to be friends still, but... we all studied in different cities and we tried and traid. Now, if I get to see them once a year I'm lucky. I don't think you have to make an effort to make a new best friend, with time, life will bring it to you. Good luck, Libna.
• India
14 Feb 10
A best friend will always remain a best friend. Distances can't make him less important to you as long as you are emotionally attached to him. But meanwhile he is away you can depend on your other friends, someone closer than others. Make a friend that understands you and can share your worries and pain. Also remain in contact with your old friend and try to met him as much as you can. In this friend you will not lose your old friend and also have someone to share your feelings. Don't worry yogesh everything will be alright.