A Little Talk About Friends

Today's fun fact:  I play the violin! 

Let's chat about friendships.

I am one of those people that makes friends and keeps them for a long long time.  All of my friends have been my friends since middle school.  Or earlier.  Like, the first grade.  I literally made no new friends in high school.  I just kept the ones I already had!  Nothing wrong with that, right?

Well, not really.  But then came college.

I chose a school hours away from my home, and none of my friends were going with me.  I know that most people that go away to school probably start out with no friends, but since I hadn't actually made a new friend for like 6 years, I was completely terrified.

I really didn't need to be so scared, as I found a little group within the first week.  However, none of them were in my major, and none were very social…  So, after my first year of college, I had literally one friend.  And that really hasn't changed.  I have more acquaintances and people I sit with in class, but at college I truly have just one friend.

This is really difficult for me because I do have lots of friends back home, and I'm always looking forward to seeing them at breaks.  Yet my one college friend is quite the opposite.  She made tons of new friends at college!  She hates going home, and I always feel guilty about being excited to see all my old friends.  It's a bit of a tough situation.

Make new friends, and keep the old.

I'm really hoping that as my classes become more specialized, I'll grow to think of my classmates as more than mere acquaintances.  For now though, I'm living in two different worlds.  One has all my old high school gal pals, and the other has my new college friend.

Have you had an experience like mine, going away to college and leaving all your friends?  Any tips for helping me make friends in the middle of my college career?  I'd love any comments or suggestions :)

And sorry it's taken me so long to write!  My goal was to make a weekly post, and I have just totally failed.  So that's my belated New Year's Resolution: Make a weekly blog post!

See ya next week,
Shelly