[ssmit132]

As far as getting out and being with friends....that takes work and sometimes its serious amounts of work.  People will remember if you go to something but they will remember even more if you didn't.  As much as I hate it.,.Facebook has been key for both keeping in touch with people as well as organizing events within my circles of friends.  I'm out every weekend or every other weekend...

Keep up with people. Invest the time.  Its worth it.

  Yep. Except I have MySpace instead of Facebook. *Waits for flak*

Although I haven't attempted as much as you. Because I'm a bit lazy. I'll try to try, though, since it was my New Year's resolution.

[Mongoose]

My main problem here is that, quite honestly, I don't have any friends at all around here, at least not in the face-to-face sense.  (Hell, I don't really have any acquaintances, even.)  I didn't keep in touch with any of my high school classmates after I graduated (which was a good five years ago), and I only really made one or two good friends over my college years.  I have been keeping in sporadic IM contact with my best friend from school (who, amusingly enough, just got engaged to her boyfriend at the same school), but that's about it.  I'm not saying this in a moping way or as someone who's looking for sympathy, but I really don't have any sort of physical social interaction at all at the moment.  What I do have is a great group of online friends I got involved with via a particular forum, so I'm not entirely cut off from the outside world, but even then, I balk at the idea of meeting them face-to-face.

[IceFire]

Thats the way I felt after I left highschool.  I suppose you've moved a few times in between?  That makes things hard.  If someone is more than an hour drive away its often impossible to keep things up.

[Mobius]

Thats the way I felt after I left highschool.  I suppose you've moved a few times in between?  That makes things hard.  If someone is more than an hour drive away its often impossible to keep things up.

20 minutes away for me and I believe 10 or more minutes don't really make the difference. I know a guy who takes about one hour and a half to visit his gf without any problems.

[Mongoose]

Thats the way I felt after I left highschool.  I suppose you've moved a few times in between?  That makes things hard.  If someone is more than an hour drive away its often impossible to keep things up.

Not once, unless you count going to school and back every semester.  We've lived in this house for more than 15 years now.  Unfortunately, said longevity has done nothing to aid my social life.

[IceFire]

Thats the way I felt after I left highschool.  I suppose you've moved a few times in between?  That makes things hard.  If someone is more than an hour drive away its often impossible to keep things up.

20 minutes away for me and I believe 10 or more minutes don't really make the difference. I know a guy who takes about one hour and a half to visit his gf without any problems.

I just mean friends in general.  If its your girlfriend and thats how it has to be...then thats doable I suppose.  I know people who have managed.  I have no idea personally.

[Mars]

I hope its manageable, because its what ima be doing soon

[Mobius]

Well, depends...now, with the University, my friends are spread all over Italy but we try to keep in touch if possible. Let's face it, friends and gfs usually aren't conveniently close to us.

[IceFire]

Or in my case just not convenient at all.