I feel this is a smart group of people. So when you moved continents, how did you keep your relationships healthy and alive. Not SO, general friends. I feel they’re drifting apart. Thanks!

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Long distance friendships take a lot of hard work. A LOT. One thing I did to manage mine was to write letters. They change the pacing of the friendship, but they are genuine and typically at least a little heartfelt, which is more than can be said for many text conversations I have with my friends 😂 also making recurring calendar appointments helps a lot. Serves as an aggressive reminder for all parties

How long will you be gone for? If for more than a year, the harsh reality is that you need to reestablish yourself and make new friends where you live. Active friendships require new memories...if you’re not there, no new memories. You move into passive friendship territory, which is still nice but it’s not that “close” feeling you once had. At least in the American perspective

I have best friends all around the world. I stay in touch by doing a mix of things like planning trips together, Skype / WhatsApp calls, texts / messages / emails to stay abreast with what’s happening in their lives etc. It depends on which friend and how our relationship has evolved. Some people I speak to all the time, some every other week, some every other month. Some friends, I pick up with where we left off when we are together in the same place again.

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