These are all excellent accounts to read about long-term friendships. I moved away from homelife at 17 and though I have had many, and I do continue to have many friendships, none have remained close, as we all moved, as time moved on.
Though I do of course have twenty-, thirty-, and forty-year-old friendships, that we maintain buy email, I do not have a long-term friend that I have shared constant time with.
My marriage only lasted for four years.
It is however not entirely true that to not have long term friendships is a reflection of a person's character. Life is not the same for us all. Some for instance have remained in depressing argumentative disloyal loveless situations within marriages for life. while others really do live the fairytale.
So, I feel to say that all who have lived a gentle loving supportive life with those that truly care about them are all very lucky.
It's quite amazing how diverse an experience our lives can be.
Even now though closely bonded to many friends, I live in temporary accommodation since the flood and I do expect before years end, to need to relocate, possibly out of this area as there is no affordable housing.
The secret for me to being ok with so much that has been going on these past years especially, is to continue to embrace the new day and what it brings and to always aim to improve my life and to always be the best person I can be.
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