There are seasons of friendship.
Proximity is a primary factor. Propinquity in the 50s in colleges that has assigned seating in alpha order led to marriages that occurred with couples with last names close in the alphabet. You relate and connect to those near you. Not a bug it is a human feature.
There is a belief here that love and caring is or should be lifetime. Just because caring and connection is no longer does not mean it didn’t exist. But once people are apart other parts of life fill in. The people who show up occasionally are to be respected... for they honor history, the relationship, the occasion.
Some of the seasons and kinds of friendship in our culture.
Preschool friends
Elementary friends
Middle school friends
High-school friends
College friends
Work friends
Neighbor friends
Other parent friends
Sometimes children become friends
Church friends and other voluntary organizations friends
Retirement friends which change as they move to be close to their children or to assisted living
Caretaker friends.
The only constant in life is change.
We all are essentially alone.
The only constant in life is change.
We all are essentially alone.
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I’ve read every word posted on this thread. IMHO, after all is said and done, those are the two realities which are fundamental and inescapable.
Your choice.
If you have Jesus in your life, you're never alone.
That's a good way to see it for what it is. Anything more than that is a recipe for trouble. People are not perfect.