Those who lost a childhood friend (doesn’t matter gender of friend), how did you grieve and did you ever reconnect in the future?

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2. It was hard. Not only was she the first friend I met since I moved from Mexico but she was also the first friend I ever made in general. We were tight until middle school came around and she preferred to hang out with other people. I was lonely throughout middle school and missed her so bad. I got over it once I got to high school and found my current best friend. I did meet my childhood friend in college and we would only talk briefly. Unfortunately, she passed away a few years ago.

3. My childhood (former) friend knew me from the moment my mother, holding me in her arms, showed up in our condo after giving birth. That friendship lasted like 15 years. After that, it’s just a memory blackhole. I can’t tell why we were torn apart by life. I can’t tell exactly how that happened, which made me not grieve at all at the time. Me having other close friends played a role in that too.

   However, i bumped her on a bakery when i was visiting my old neighborhood. She did not even look at me. Then it kind of stung. But it passed. I wouldn’t call it “grieving” either. It’s just weird to think we were really close as kids, then like 20 years later we’re less than strangers. Curious how time works.