Who is your oldest friend?

[hipmamajen]

Not age-wise, but the friend you've had the longest?

I am 42, and I still have a friend that I've had since 2nd grade. I don't get to see him very often, but when I do we start chatting away like no time has passed.

My mom, 63, still has her best buddy from grade school too! They are HILARIOUS to be around. It's like having an extra auntie, those two are thick as thieves.

How about you, who's your long-time pal?

[JordyVerrill]

I'm about to turn 34, and I've been friends with my best friend (more like a brother really) since 2nd grade. We were just acquaintance type friends until 11th grade though.

[Moderator]

My friend, Martha, whom I've known for 49 years. We spent most of our school years answering the question, which one are you? Even our mothers would get our names mixed up on occasion. :smile2: We now live in different states and life has gotten in the way so we don't spend as much time communicating as we used to but there's still that heart connection.

[GNTLGNT]

...Rowdy, my dude from nursing school...we still talk shop...but he looks downright dippy in the little white cap...:biggrin2:

[GNTLGNT]

My friend, Martha, whom I've known for 49 years. We spent most of our school years answering the question, which one are you? Even our mothers would get our names mixed up on occasion. :smile2: We now live in different states and life has gotten in the way so we don't spend as much time communicating as we used to but there's still that heart connection.

...that's a great story Marstha....:wink2:

[Sundrop]

I have lots of old friends....people I've known since first grade, but my oldest true friend I've known for 33 years.....since we were 13 years old.

[~Ally~]

My friend, Martha, whom I've known for 49 years. We spent most of our school years answering the question, which one are you? Even our mothers would get our names mixed up on occasion. :smile2:

Martha and Marsha? That sounds like the title of a funny sitcom, right there! :cool2:

I remember being four years old and the teacher placing me and another girl--Christine--together on the first day of school. From that first day we were practically inseparable. We stayed at each others houses, went on holidays together, shared each others clothes, etc. People often mistook us for sisters also. Now we lead very different lives but that connection is always still there. Whenever we get together it's like we've never been apart, and the differences don't matter because we still have that special bond. She's been my friend for 28-years and she always will be my friend.

[Jojo87]

I have a great friend I've know since first grade in school. She now lives in another town and every time when she is up here in my
town to visit her family I try to get time to meet her too. OK one funny thing about this is that I also happen to be a good friend of her
sister because her sister have her horse in our stable. And I've spent a lot of time with their family when I was younger. Was my best friends
mother that passed away 2011. So I can say that my friend that I've know 19 years and her sister is both my best friends that I've ever had.

[Spideyman]

My friend Diane. It's been 52 years of parallel lives. Met her in school, stead fast friends from day one. She lives in the north, I live in the south, still we stay in contact via phone calls and letters.

[carrie's younger brother]

I've known my best friend Bob since freshman year in high school when we were both 14 (38 years of non-stop friendship). We are now just 1 month (me)/2 months (Bob) shy of 52 and still see one another at least once a month and e-mail/text one another every few days. We have never had a falling out and our friendship has been constant since we met.

[AnnaMarie]

I've reconnected with my very first friend on Facebook, but we don't actually get together. We first became friends while she was still in diapers, back in 1962.

Pas for my oldest friend that I actually see regularly...that would be my husband. We met in 1979, and everyone else considered us a couple, though it took us a while to figure it out. Lol

[cat in a bag]

...that would be my husband. We met in 1979, and everyone else considered us a couple, though it took us a while to figure it out. Lol

Aww, that is very sweet, AnnaMarie.

I met my best, oldest friend when we were in junior high. My little bitty town's school system absorbed her even littler town's students. I was in 8th grade, and she 7th, but we were inseparable. Her house was my second home and vice versa. We've laughed, cried, held each other up and fought once in a while. But she is still the first one I turn to for advice, after ummm...25 years! She is always, unfailingly there to offer encouragement or to laugh with me or whatever I may need, and I've stuck by her through some pretty rough things on her end, when most of her friends and even her husband turned their backs on her completely. We are going home to Nebraska this weekend to visit my family, and I am hoping to sneak some friend time in, too.

[Todash]

I have reconnected with some great friends on FB, but unfortunately, two sisters who were my best friends in elementary school (we stopped hanging out in middle school) ... How do I put this? I wish I could renew our friendships; we chat, but there's a lack of meaningful common ground that I can't seem to overcome. I feel like they are the same people they were 25 years ago, but I am different. :down: My oldest real, true, current friend is my husband. We met when I was 14 and he was 16; next year I will have known him for two-thirds of my life. That's a long time, but not long enough.

On the flip side, I've reconnected with some people that I didn't really like that much when we knew each other the first time, and a few of them are ... Well. Much nicer and more genuine than I remember. I am not sure if that's because they have matured or if I was just too hard on them in the first place.

[atomicinchworm]

Probably my friend Jessica, whom I've known since 7th grade. I have now known her a little over half my life, and try to see her once a year when I go back to Colorado to visit my parents.

[mstay]

I have a friend, Karen, that I have known since I was 2 years old! She lived next to my Grandma's house and when my parents divorced my Mom moved back home with me. Our Mom's got us together as babies and we played together all through school. Now we only live a half hour apart so we get together about once a month. We have been through many ups and downs together but she still is and will always be my best friend.

[fushingfeef]

I met my friend John back in kindergarten in 1972. I thought he was a wacky kid because he put both ketchup AND mustard on a hot dog, something I had never considered before. I have been hanging out with him ever since.

[king family fan]

I think my best friends I have met her. My oldest friend would be a friend i met back home probably 20 years ago and is a true friend, Some friends I have had longer but not as caring as this one.

[LongTallSally]

My friend, Alan. He's a year older than I am. We were in a class together in high school and became friends. He comes to town once in a while to see his mom and he comes looking for me when he comes to town as well. He'll either try to find me at work or at the farmers' market, just to say hi. We talk for a few minutes and go our separate ways. When he found out I was sick, the first thing out of his mouth was 'What can I do for you?' I answered, 'Just be my friend.' I love that man with the softest part of my heart, in an uncomplicated Golden Retriever kind of way. He's my friend and that's all I want from him. I'd be happy sitting a porch with him, saying nothing while the sun goes down... just to hang out with my friend. My gods, I miss him.

[GNTLGNT]

I met my friend John back in kindergarten in 1972. I thought he was a wacky kid because he put both ketchup AND mustard on a hot dog, something I had never considered before. I have been hanging out with him ever since.

...here's a sinful thought, you can add chili, onion AND cheese...yep, that'll send ya on a one way trip up the Styx...:biggrin2:

[Shasta]

I have a hard time making and keeping friends. So I don't have many old friends. I do have some people I know from middle school that I keep in touch with on FB.

My oldest real friend is named Jamee. We've only met in person once. When I was 16 (16-years ago, so I've known her half my life!) I wrote an editorial for a punk magazine and a bunch of people wrote me. For some reason, she and I clicked and we've been pen-pals ever since!

[GNTLGNT]

...I just realized, that if they're my friends----they probably ARE old...:laugh:

[Ragan]

I lost track of my oldest friends a long time ago. The oldest friend I have I have known since I was 16. She was the one who first gave me the Dark Tower novels, and insisted I read them.

[91rewoT]

My long-time best friend, hands down, is my sister, gniknehpets. She knows and understands me better than anyone. She is always there when I need her. She gets my sense of humor. She gets me. I'm very lucky to have her in my life...:love:

[Sigmund]

Nice thread!

My friend Cynthia Ann! 40 years and still going strong! :love:

Peace.

[Hteraj Siredog]

The Mutant King Austinsane. Hews always been there when i needed him

[arista]

My friend Janice-We have known each other since kindergarten and just say we are both in our mid forties right now. We do not see each other all the time, but when we do-its like no time has passed.

[Lily Sawyer]

My oldest friend is Dana. She and I met when we were three years old in pre-school and graduated from the same high school. She now lives in Japan with her husband and son.
Liza runs a close second - we met when I was seven and she was six.

I've been in touch with them all these years and have lived in the same town with one of them at one point or another. It's great to have friends like this. :love:

[FlakeNoir]

My oldest friend is Dana. She and I met when we were three years old in pre-school and graduated from the same high school. She now lives in Japan with her husband and son.
Liza runs a close second - we met when I was seven and she was six.

I've been in touch with them all these years and have lived in the same town with one of them at one point or another. It's great to have friends like this. :love:

Oh now she's done it.....
"I was seven and she was six" is close enough in my book! :laugh:

"...I was five and you were six
We rode on horses made of sticks I wore black you wore white
You would always win the fight

Bang bang you shot me down
Bang bang I hit the ground
Bang bang that awful sound
Bang bang my baby shot me down..."

Sorry, it's like a tic--just can't help it.

If this doesn't bring Dana Jean out of the woodwork? Then I've failed at my job as a parent. No wait, that isn't it... but it's something like it. :tongue:

[PatInTheHat]

Me Mama o' course, why I've known her pert near all my life I reckon:wink2:.

[FlakeNoir]

Me Mama o' course, why I've known her pert near all my life I reckon:wink2:.

Awwwwww... :love:

[91rewoT]

Awwwwww... :love:

Hahaha!! That's exactly what I said (out loud to myself!) when I read Pat's post about his Mama!!!

[Tery]

My husband. We met in 1970, on the first day of Junior High. :blush:

[Mary19]

I have a cousin who has been my BFF for 39 years. We can sit for hours and never talk but still feel comfortable. She gets me new books all the time and always picks ones that I end up loving, you have to really know someone to do that.

[tenngolfer]

My brother Rick, we fought like cats and dogs as kids, but have always been close, especially college forward. Outside of relatives, I met two friends about the same time my freshman year in high school, Greg and Alvin. They live half a state away, but we try to stay in touch.

[hipmamajen]

Me Mama o' course, why I've known her pert near all my life I reckon:wink2:.

Aw, that's sweet. Gave me a little tear, it did!

[MadamMack]

For me it's God. I am not being funny. Nor do I claim to be a Christian, but I do believe in God strongly. And He has brought me through so much. I'm not one that reads the bible or believe it is 'The Word' . . .to me it's hearsay. But I know there is a force that has helped me during the most difficult times of my life.

[doowopgirl]

Those are great. Ilove hearing that people stick together just because they want to. I found, on facebook my best friend from high school. We had a MAJOR falling out after we became roomates and that is the only thing I have ever regretted in my life. we decided that as middle aged women it was time to get over ourselves and the friendship took up where it left off. We spend ages on chat on fb. So this probablydoesn't count as the longest friendship, but it is the one I treasure the most as it was lost and now it's found.