It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Friendships that don't fit my life anymore have faded away, and new ones have come in.
Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.
Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.
I'm losing friendships over forgetting to get back to people. But you can't keep up with everything. I've got a 13-year-old, a nine-year-old and a baby.
It's not too late to develop new friendships or reconnect with people.
The mere process of growing old together will make our slightest acquaintances seem like bosom friends.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
Friendships that have stood the test of time and change are surely best.
I think the way to keep a friendship is to respect that everybody is different.
Friendships are discovered rather than made.