Then one day, we run home, wave goodbye and say 'see you later!' ..... and without us knowing, or being aware of it, that was the last time we saw our childhood friend.

We might have lived next to one another, or went to the same high school later on or even went to the same college ... we never saw our friend again.

We never knew and we were never aware of when we said goodbye or saw our friend for the last time.

I think about my old childhood friends ... I'm middle aged now ... some of those friends died young, some got married and had a bunch of kids ... a few had hard lives and became addicts ... one of them is a vegetable after having suffered an overdose ... and many of them just went on and had small families and did OK.

[–] wheezy@lemmy.ml 19 points 3 days ago

For most of human history children would be right to think this. Most people never left the town they grew up in. I think there is a bit of sad beauty to kids assuming they'll always be friends.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

Yeah, it's interesting having lived in the time when friendships actually just poofed.