Last weekend, when I visited the Renren website, I saw a request sent by a stranger. He asked me to accept it to be my Internet friend. Although I had no idea who he was, I agreed anyway. Then he started a conversation with me by asking: “Do you know who I am?” “Sorry, l am afraid I do not know.” I answered. After a few seconds, he typed in his name, which really shocked me. I was quite familiar with the name but it just escaped my mind. All of a sudden,I recalled this name, and it is the name of one of my best friends in primary school! We had not talked since we graduated and even had not seen each other. Over seven years have passed and now we are university students living in different places. When I looked through his photo albums on the Internet, to my astonishment, he had become so mature and handsome that I could hardly recognize him.I wondered whether I could pick him out if we met on a street. He was also amazed to find that I had gone abroad and furthered my study in Singapore. We talked for nearly two hours but the more we talked, the more I found that I knew little about him. I felt confused and even sad to say that, because we once were so intimate but now, after the separation of so many years, we had turned so unfamiliar with each other. However, as the conversation went deeper, I felt a little relieved because of the happy time we recalled. He asked me whether I had contacted with other classmates in primary school, and the answer was no. It upset me to think about this and I even doubted: whether am I too callous. In fact, I still hope to continue our friendship so I searched online to find more old friends. Luckily, I found another three good friends in my primary school and we had enjoyed ourselves by remembering the happy days we spent together.
Have you forgotten your old friends? Will you forget the members of group 1 after ten years? I just wish everyone can cherish the friendship we are enjoying now and that our friendship will last forever.
Honestly speaking,I share the same feeling with you.Time flies, it seems as if our childhood were on yesterday. Every one should grow up and it means that we have to lose something. I have ever read a research report; it shows that 80% of individuals' old friends will be lost after 7 years. It's rally horrible,isn't it? However, though we lose many precious things while we are growing up,we gain a lot at the same time. One of them is the happy memories of the time we spent with our friends.If we get together all the time,those memories may not seem so beautiful as they are today.Friends can be lost but can't be forgotten. Hope members of Group1 can wear smile when recalling the valuable time we spend together, even if we may lose touch with each other then.
ReplyDeleteI once read in the magazine that everyone's friends change every ten years and sometimes people do not even realize that. It is sad and cruel,isn't it? But, to some extent, it is the fact. With time flying, those old friends no longer share the same topic while chatting and as a result, they are no longer as close as they used to be. A Chinese female writer, Baby Annie ,once said people are more emotional in their adolescence and it is difficult to have such close friends when people grow older. However, we still have memories about how we have spent a wonderful time and all the crazy things we will probably never do.
ReplyDeleteIt is very lucky for you. I just remember my primary life which was so happy with no reason. Every day I would feel happy and enjoyed my friendship. I miss my friends now. I assure you that in ten years everyone in group 1 will deeply miss each other.
ReplyDeleteIt was also a problem that ever confused me for a long time，until one day，my best friend told me"don't be troubled by this kind of emotion，every period of our life，there will always be some different friend accompanying with you.You can't always keep in touch with your old and new friends，because you are in different circumstances and you all have your own life and new friendship network，so it is not your callousness that seperate you and your friends.It only means you are on the way to accept a new life.The true friend will not always keep in close touch with you.Every time you remind something happy，he is the first person in your mind that's enough.Just enjoy the life now and remind your old friends for a while and smile."That's my opinion about this problem.I hope you can always enjoy the life now and live happily.
ReplyDeleteDo not make me sad. So touched by your blog. I am so happy for you that you found you child age friends. I think all group 1 students will be friends all the time. Thanks for your opinion that cherish the friendship we are enjoying now. May you find the feelings before with your child age firends.
ReplyDeleteYour blog has recalled my wonderful memory of my primary school and middle school classmates. At that time, we were so pure and childish. Our stories were so funny and interesting and I really want to experience that time again. However, with time going by, what we can do is to remember the stories and try our best to maintain or recover our relationship with the best friends who may gradually fade away in our life. Your experience tells me that everyone will value the past good memory and we need courage to talk to the friends who has not contacted with us for a long time and we may have a good time and even a deeper friendship like you.
ReplyDeleteWe all believe that friendship last forever at first but the cruel fact shows that as time goes by, we will forget someone. We cannot resist it and it is no so terrible. What we should do is to keep this relationship deeply in heart and continue it in a kind of dimensional space if we cannot last it in real life for certain reason. Friendship still last forever.
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