Ever had to let go of a friend?

Celvantis's quote:
"Whenever there is a meeting a parting is sure to follow.
However this parting need not last forever...
Whether a parting be forever or a short time...
That is up to you."


Stop it!!!! You're going to make me cry. (I love that quote.)

Yup. Some pretty darn close ones too. :<

When I think of friend, I think of someone who selflessly cares about you, who loves you for who you are, and will honestly treat you like a friend - I often drift away from those who don't follow this basic code. Some of them I tried to stick around for incase of change, but alas.

I've lost a good few friends over drug use, I've been trying to stay clean for a while now, and you just can't put yourself in certain situations

I know how it feels. One time I had a friend. Her name was Nintendo 64. She was my best friend. We played together, and laughed, but then my parents sold her. I was crushed. We had such great times together. I thought I would always be sad, but I went through, and found a new buddy. Love each other, and love yourself. Nintendo 64, wherever you may be, I want you to still know, you will always be my friend.

*sniffs*








Yeah! I lost a couple of friends. Some were really cool teachers. I never lost any due to them being addicted to anything. I got over it though. ^_^

Ive lost quite a few friends. I've got to say that I'm much better off without them.

One of my awesome friends, the Pimple Queen (long story) got a scholarship and changed schools a few years back. I sadly don't see him anymore, he and I have moved on.

The same also goes for another of my old friends. Though that one didn't get a scholarship, I infrequently converse with him and he really wasn't that awesome.

My best friend that got me into skateboarding, moved to florida, and now he doesn't skate as much as he used to(we used to skate every day possible) and now he's getting into fishing and skim boarding..

Originally Posted by LinksShadow66

fishing and skim boarding..

The sign of the devils hold.

Originally Posted by Rumplestiltskin

The sign of the devils hold.

Haha, I'm not saying that it's bad or anything, I just thought we had something special.

Not really. I have had some pretty close friends that I'm not in contact as much any more, But I can't say I have had let some go completely.

I lost a few friends through moving (as in, they move), school, graduation and other ****. You get used to it after a while.

This is a tricky question for me to answer. There've been plenty of friends (and even more acquaintances) whom I've fallen out of touch with over the years, sure. And more friends than I'd care to admit have let go of me. But as far as me letting go of friends? Well, I'm not the type to let go, especially if I can sense that my friendship is still important to someone. So I don't suppose I ever have let go of any friends myself, no.

Yeah, in different ways. I've not seen a lot of my girls from highschool since I graduated from there. Some went straight into the workforce, others went to different universities. I only miss two things about highschool; my friends and my old red house, Tullamore (yes, like in Harry Potter, blah blah).

I also recently resigned from my job (for another job, yay) and during my time there, I had become very, very good friends with a lovely lady by the name of Torres. I know if we had met earlier in life, we probably would've become best friends. However, leaving my job meant I'd barely see her. I miss her more than I miss the fantastic pay there xD.

Probably the biggest let-go I've ever had to face was recently with Noki, a girl I had been best friends with for almost nine years. When we first met, things were fun though she'd often do little things that were selfish, but I didn't think anything of it. At the time, our biggest problems in life were how we'd get those boys to notice us. We graduated from highschool together and went on to uni where there were a lot more boys (we went to an all-girl Catholic highschool, yes, yes, that means I'm a whore lesbian who smokes cigarettes, was deprived sexually and is waiting to pounce on the next virgin to walk around the corner BESIDE THE POINT ARGH) and her attention started going in that direction while I focused more on my studies. She started missing out on various events in my life (prizegiving award speech, launch of my uni radiostation where I hosted, blah blah), but there was always an excuse. Then she started making dates to go out places, dinner, parties, and then stood me up with no explanation because one of her dude friends needed something. Of course, I'd talk things out with her and she'd apologise. We moved on.

Eventually, she missed my graduation from university. That was a huge blow. I was mad as ****, but as always she had an excuse. Later, she told me she had lied to her boyf. about something, but what she didn't know was that lie she told me explained to me where she really was the day of my graduation. I pointed that out and she realised she had forgotten about that. We talked it over. We tried again.

And then my Ma died and, being my supposed-best friend, I called her first. I didn't see/hear from her until the Family Service four days later. I asked her where she had been, she said she was too busy working (which is funny because she used to call me all the time while at work for her own guy issues). She didn't attend the funeral the next day because she left for a party vacation in Samoa. I didn't hear from her again for another... I think it was three weeks or so.

Aaaanyway, I've not spoken to hear for like seven months and she recently e-mailed me apologising and saying how selfish she is. I think that this is one of those things I'm just gonna have to walk away from. It's funny looking back because I see now that every time she did something terrible, I'd excuse it because we had so many awesome memories together. I admit we had a tonne of great times, lotsa fun, but when it came to when it truly mattered, she wasn't there. Oh well. Lesson learned.

lololol storytime over, wake up, kids.

Anyway, yep, letting go isn't always pleasant and sometimes I wish I didn't have to, but there are other times when it's necessary, even if it took me a long time to figure that out.

I have another friend who moved. I never talk to her anymore, but we would always used to hang out and be at each others houses. She moved in the 4th grade I believe, and I haven't talked to her since.

...what the ****?

I've never really let go of a friend, but I remember a certain friend who moved away. Since you said stories are welcome I'll post my tale, but if it's off-topic, tell me and I'll edit my post.

Near the beginning of kindergarten, I met a girl named Avery. (Well, I changed her name for this purpose to protect her privacy, but anyway) We were friends after that, and close ones at that. I would have followed her to hell and back, and vice versa. Then, in fourth grade, she passed me a note that explained that she would be moving soon. When recess came, she told me that there were a few places that her family was checking out, including Montana. I thought that Montana would be a cool place to live, and I told her as much.
Be careful what you wish for. I'll defend myself by saying that I didn't know how far away Montana was.
Anyway, they left the day after Christmas.
It was horrible. Avery had been well known and respected by most of the school population, so a lot of people felt the pain of her moving away, but I'd been her BFF. I shut myself out socially, especially when my other friends all moved away. I was still able to call Avery a bit, for which I am grateful.
Then, one summer, I was able to go to Montana and spend a week with Avery's family. One of the best trips ever.
Now we keep in touch by calling each other daily (or almost daily), and we see each other every couple of years.

A couple.
My good friend Connor, in 3rd grade, moved to Helena. (I actually ran into him at the pool a few months ago!)

a really good buddy of mine moved a couple provinces away back when i was a kid. we've kept in touch since. he's come out here to BC the odd time to visit me and other people he knows here and even drove all the way here to come to my wedding.

now we play WOW together, haha.
my problem is that i need to stay in touch with those who still live here, i haven't seen some people in over a year.