Tonight I had dinner with an old high school friend who I haven’t seen since I graduated (back in 2001!). It just so happens that she lives 5 minutes away from where I work. We’d been talking on Facebook for awhile now and decided to get together to catch up.
It’s wild how much things change over the years. You don’t see the people that you were once so close with anymore. A lot of my high school friends are married with children. They have jobs, houses and responsibilities other than taking care of themselves.
We spent a few hours sipping margaritas and talking about old friends, work (she is a first grade teacher), our families and living in Florida. Although we’ve chosen very different career paths, our lives are similar. Not married, no children and enjoying each day as it comes. With so many of my friends living completely opposite lives as me, it’s nice to know that I still have a few that are going down a similar path. I hope to get together again soon.
Wow, we are like the same person. Although I graduated just a few years after you from high school, a lot of my friends are already married (or getting married now) and some even already have kids. Being a single, kid-less woman at my age (oh golly only 24!) is like unheard of. It’s so sad. I think your date with your friend was awesome – people like that are awesome to have in your life… especially when they so happen to fall back into it in such a different way.