You live long enough you damn well will grow apart. You won’t phone them because they’re dead. Pretty soon someone will visit your grave and say “ damn I miss old Don or whatever “. Ain’t nobody walking out of here. Cherish your memories, keep them close, and treat people good. Maybe they will miss you.
“You won’t phone them because they’re dead.”
My mom stayed in close contact with high school and friends she had known since newly married (1943). All her life, until she was the last one surviving at 96 years old.