I've just come to the decision I'm not going to continue seeing the same group of friends I've been mates with for 4-6 years.

Its nothing huge or anything to alot of people, It just is a big decision for me personally, as my mates have always been the number one for me, I always put my mates in front of anything else. If its trouble with other people, family, police, work, We always looked out for eachother first. I just feel now that its all gone, everythings just gone a bit stale. Alot of people have been rejected by the group and made to leave by slight bullying and I can't see the reasons for staying with my mates as everythings just seems very hollow now.

I'm 17 if anyone was wondering, the best days of my life (if few) have been with my mates. Shit that you would never forget, truely great memories, we really had a fucking special bond. I just feel that in my heart I want to move on now more than anything else. Its still the same old friends, I just feel no one has a place in it no more, like a real place in the group, its fucking strange.

I've never wanted to be a burden on my mates like some people have been on us in the past and its getting to the stage I feel thats happening, and i always promised myself if it did I would leave. I'm sure it sounds very mellow-dramatic and some people could say I've been depressed lately, because of alcohol and drugs perhaps, but it really is special you know. When we were younger on the street drinking and really haveing good fucking laughs just doesn't seem to be there anymore.

My mates really did mean alot to me, we even all vow to have "Summer of 69" by Bryan Adams as all of our funeral songs, it may sound childish but it really was special.

I'm not sure if anyone has had this experience before and has ever felt like this in any way, I just wanted to get it off my chest really.

I really think many of us have this,
but i just need to whipe a tear when i hear you say, we all vowed to have "summer of 69" on our funeral.
I think you should try to stay in contact with these fellows.

everybody is eventually seperated from their best friends. It's just part of life and you can't stop it for the better or the worse that is what happens. If they matter to you at all then I would have sticked with them but whatever.



I am a philosisiphiser

I think there comes a time in most relationships when you realize that you and your friend or friends are just wasting time. Constantly hanging around anyone can cause you to burn out, but a lot of people will continue to hang out due to routine.

At any rate, I don't think there's necessity for a complete splitting of ways, but I think you'll find that if you spend some time away from them, maybe with other people, the next time one of 'em calls you will mean a lot more.

Friends come and go. Its life. I have had friends move away, I have had friends betray me, and I have had friends die.

I left all my friends behind when I moved to Taiwan to study. Its hard making friends here, as I am a foreigner and I tend to dislike their pop culture.

I don't even known when I can visit my friends again. Chances are, I won't even be able to visit them for a year or more. Now THAT is a real fucking shitty feeling to have.

I end up thinking about them everyday. The thing is, they were my coworkers back when I had worked at Blockbuster for more than a year. Its only been until recently until I really started getting close and hanging out more than ever. Unfortunately was short lived since I ended up going to Taiwan. Really just the shittiest of timing.

But it was a sacrifice I saw as necessary to my future. I felt like I was just biding my time in America... not getting anything done. I saw a chance to get back into school and I leapt at it. I had to choose between giving me a chance at a good future and leaving everything I knew behind (including my gaming life, which sucks ass. and also my movie life) or simply working at Blockbuster with my friends for a few more years and watch the window of opportunity slowly close itself to me.

It was a hard decision, but I feel like I made the right choice at the cost of my social life, which I had only recently started to cherish.

You don't have to stop being friends just because you won't see them. You can drift off, shit happens, but ultimately you can still be friends, even when you've drifted so far off that you don't even know each other. It's just starting a new, easier said than done, but it's always a possibility.

It's happened to me in the past almost 30 years I've been around. Sometimes it just happens kiddo.

*I'm only here because I'm posting part 1 of the MGSF Series Finale, don't come back with "I-Told-You-So"...TAM.*

TBOOH: OMG! A BigK post.
TBDOOH: Look johhny, you won't find many of these anymore.
Johhny: Jee wiz! It's like finding a dinosaur!
TBDOOH: Now now....He's not that old.

Friends...You never know man. It just depends on the type of friends they are, and the type of person YOU are. Maybe you'll still talk to them and stuff, and after a little while apart and you keep talking to them, You'll find the "special" feeling you had before.