Who is your oldest friend?

[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. 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...

[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!