It’s funny when I visit my hometown, I don’t see a familiar face anywhere. Apparently all the people I knew in high school have left.

I used to do this in college, but in my 30s, I go up and talk to them.

The older you get, the harder it is to make and maintain friendships. You get to a point where any ice-breaker is worth starting a conversation, because these opportunities get rarer and you’d be surprised how different people can be from their high school selves.

My old high school classmates and I have warm feeling whenever we bump into each each other. I am lucky that my home city is small enough, everyone practically knows each other, and have a strong sense of community. My high school also fostered that sense of community in my class, so I think it has been instilled and manifested among us.

So, the bigger reason, among many, why I moved out of town is more like I don’t want to see my college classmates lol. I only got along with certain people from my course. The only college mates I have still kept in touch with are two buddies from different courses.

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