This is a question that has to be answered in multiple parts. I have several friends that I have known for a long time but then there is the factor of, were we friends back then when we met? So here is my answer, I have 2 friends whom I have known since the early years of middle school(probably around 2nd grade at least) but the thing is that I wasn't friends with them at the time. they were just in my class and/or grade. and then In middle school I was very distant from most people and didn't really have close friends, only people i talked to in classes sometimes. It wasn't until the first year of high school that my two friends that went to my elementary school and I became friends. So technically I have known them the longest but they are not who I consider, the friend I have been friends with longest. My closest, and longest, friend is Rosa whom I became friends with the summer before 8th grade.
How often do we see/talk?
my 2 friends(J and M) I don't talk to a lot because we are at different colleges now and have different scedules but we do try and keep in touch with emails and facebook and skype a little.
Rosa on the other hand, I talk to her on twitter almost everyday. We try to talk on the phone to eachother when we can, but like I said, I'm in college now, so its hard to find time to when she has school too.(oh, shes a senior in high school right now)
My Closest friends never change to me. Rosa is, and has always been my closest friend. I always say that if i did ever choose ONE of my friends to say they are my best friend, it would probably be her. I can't keep secrets from her and I don't think she can keep any from me. But other than her, i do have some other friends whom i consider are my best friends too, J and M from before along with C and E are also best friends of mine who I don't get to see often, anymore.
Since High school ended I havn't really made any more close friends. Its hard for me to let people in. and when I finally do, they are in there for good. I never understood how some people can have some friends, like their best friends for just a year or so and then move on to another group of new friends. I think that has to do with how I care about how EVERYONE, even people i don't care about, thinks of me. I don't want people to hate me so much that i tend to keep my distance so far that they don't get a chance to be my friend. its probably something that I should work on.
