Oh Relationships. When I typically think of relationships in my life the word dysfunctional comes to mind, But I am not about to tell you all about my problems we would be here forever. I think I am going to focus on the change of my relationships from High School until now. In High School, I seemed to have many friends, but looking back I would now just consider most of them acquaintances. Most of the people that I considered friends in high school I don’t talk to any more, I only have one friend that I talk to regularly, and we have been attached at the hip since we were five. Now that we live three hours away from each other the bond between us is stronger than ever. Because we don’t see each other every day we tend to have a lot more to talk about, we disagree less, and we seem to appreciate each other more. Even though we have been friends for so long, I feel like now that high school is over and we have moved away from home, we are two completely different people, we still have our stupid little jokes, but it almost seems like we are starting over but with an unbreakable bond already there. One obvious relationship that has changed a lot is the one I have with my parents. It is not that I have ever hated my parents but, through my last two or three years of high school I felt very independent and did most things on my own, don’t get me wrong my parents are supportive but while I was living with my parents they had control when they wanted it, but now that I don’t live at home I have all the independence with out my parents intervening . I feel like we talk more too. While I lived at home I never told my parents anything for the fear that they would not approve, but now that I don’t live with them they can still not approve but they are less likely to do anything about. My relationship with my brother is also changing a lot. My brother is two years older, when he moved away to college we started to get along and all the fighting that we did when we were kids seemed to stop, and now that I don’t live at home either we have a lot in common and we even occasionally talk on the phone which is something that would have never happened a year ago. You can find relationships in every aspect in life and analyzing how they change throughout the stages and changes of your life is very interesting.
Katie Stachowicz
i agree completely relationships do change sometimes for the good and sometimes for the bad.
but its weird how they just change with different bonds. Really in highschool and just at anytime you realize that real friends never leave you no matter what, and you really only need a few good friends. The rest will always just come and go.
S martin
This is so true that when you don’t see a friends as much, whn you get together is a lot more fun and much to catch up on.
~Mariam Suleiman~
Nice job, Katie. You know, I had a few friends like the one that you describe. I think sometimes, if you keep in touch with them, you find it easier to really reconnect once you get to a different stage in your life later on.
Jenna G
The whole thing about your friends in high school is true. I only talk to one person now as well and its crazy because you never want to believe what other people say about leaving high school and most of the people you thought you would keep in touch with you dont.
N. Corker