Harsh realities: Outgrowing friendships 129 Articles

by Bruce McDaniel

It was the first day of school and there he was, sitting on a bench trying to figure out how to tie his shoes. We were 6 years old and it was the first day of first grade. I walked up and told him I could tie them for him ...read more

by Goldberry

"Dear Emmy, You are my best friend and I know that we will be best friends forever." Just tonight I was sorting through papers from my childhood and I found this note. It was written ardently by my best friend, an...read more

by Gemma Wiseman

Outgrowing friendships is all about growing up or growing apart or a little of both. Friendships tend to evolve in our most immediate and most frequented environments. Change the environments and somehow friendships change...read more

by Rebecca Dyson

When I think back to my high school days, I recall that I had a lot of friends. We hung out together mostly in a group, sometimes one-on-one, but no matter what, our focus was always in the same direction. My first expe...read more

by Valentine Logar

You swore you would be "Best Friends Forever", soulmates, intimates. Something has changed and life has moved on. When our lives change sometimes so do our friendships or at least the make-up of our friendships. Heartbr...read more

by Sarah Williams

While in college I had what I considered a very good friend; she and I had classes together, lived together for a short time, went on vacations together...we really were the best of friends. Being two years older than her...read more

by Angela S. Young

Over the years, many friends have come and gone. Some of them were deep and some of them were more acquantanceships. Somehow, life changes, and as life changes some things move out of our life as other things move in. ...read more

by Ronnell Kelley

Outgrowing friendships can be one of the most devastating, yet pivotal parts of maturation in one's life. I this by first hand experience. It's not only hard to let go of a friendship that is dying but it's even harder whe...read more

by Theresa Zoltek

It is always hard to lose anyone or anything we have involved our lives in. But it is even harder when to friends out grow each other. In life we all choose the path we take, some choose right and others left. I know it ha...read more

by Bekka J

Remember the days when you'd walk around the school halls with a chain around your neck, and on that chain was a charm; the charm was half of a heart and it read either "Friends" or "Forever". The other half, obviously, w...read more

by John Campbell

It is a harsh reality of life that some friendships are like flowers. They grow into something beautiful that bring us pleasure, they then begin to wilt through time and eventually die. While some friendships last a lifeti...read more

by Hope L. Grace

Sitting on the couch, crying to my "best friend" Marcie. "How am I going to get through this, what about the boys?" Her reply "You'll be fine, I'll always be here." That was five years ago, when I was going through my divo...read more

by Daydreamer

I thought we'd be friends forever. I mean it. She was my counterpart, my soul mate...the one person in this world who never let me down. She called me, "My love, my life, my everything." We were so close that some people a...read more

by Ashleigh Wolfe

A day looms over us all. A particular day that is inevitable, and awaits our awakening to ourselves. This day varies from person to person, but, at some point in every human being's life, we must face the sad truth that ...read more

by Vanessa T

Almost everyone meets their "best friend" at one point or another. I met mine when I was thirteen. Within the next few years, we bonded so closely that I couldn't imagine my life without her. We'd had numerous sleepovers, ...read more

by Das Govind

I had a very good friend in primary school. We were so close that we had to do everything together. We told each other everything, and we were inseperable. Life was good. We were both naturally introverted so I felt very s...read more

by Jimmy Ettele

To be completely honest, I am glad, in most cases, that I outgrew some of my friendships. Outgrowing friendships is part of the life cycle. Somewhere between adult diapers and club hopping, friendships need to be termina...read more

by A. Moulton

When you're growing up, you think you are going to be best friends forever with the same two people that live next door to you. And, maybe you stick through middle school and high school, even college. Many times there are...read more

by Starri Knight

There is a lovely saying, that people come into our lives for "a reason, a season or a lifetime". Friendships, like romantic relationships, often don't have the purpose or compatibility to endure many seasons. Reflec...read more

by Revee

We live, we learn, we grow. And sometimes we outgrow. Unfortunately, that's often the harsh reality of friendships. That one person who has been by your side through thick and thin has now vanished into thin air. As we...read more