How old were you when you met the friends whom you are closest to?

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1. 18 Years old. Freshman year of college. Had good friends since, but didn’t maintain those relationships like the ones from college.

2. Hmmm, 17, 24-25, 31-33…I obviously have trouble remembering the exact year as I met lifelong friends later in life.

   I’m also assuming it’s friends that are still alive. There’s a bunch I met from 18-22 that are dead and most died a couple decades ago with the last one from that time period just a few weeks ago.

3. I’ll let ya know when it happens.

4. 12 to around 27

5. 14-15. I met my best friend when I was 14. I met my wife when I was 15. I’ve made friends since then, but no one I’m as close with as those two.

6. 12-15

7. 14-16.

8. Middle school. Just moved to a new town after making my first cadre of decent friends in late elementary. Taken in by a somewhat loose group of friends that turned into a close group through high school.

   Now 20+ years later still my closest friends, with a few more additions along the way.

9. I have a friend group that I am close with from growing up (I am now 36 for context) –

   the first of them it was legit down the road so basically baby playdates; a few others from elementary/middle school

   I have an adult friend group with a few people from around 8 or 9 years ago through a prior work place (my mid/late 20s).

10. 27 (currently 30). Met them online playing D&D. That being said I’ve recently been getting back in touch with some old high school friends who I used to be very close with so who knows.

11. One of them was at 11, several were at 16, a couple were at 18.

12. 16-18. I’ve made friends since but definitely not as deep a connection as with the people I met at the end of high school.

13. A good chunk at 14-15 in high school, a few at 18-21 when I was in college, and another few from my last job in my late 20s.

14. 8-10, 15-23. Seems like most of the answers here are from younger years in school. It’s a little disappointing to see it’s so common to have few lifelong close friendships that are established once you reach adulthood.