Hey,
I have amazing friends.
The fact I've managed to keep our friendships strong even though we go to different schools, or a sea parts us is pretty special.
One of my best friends, Madi now lives in Australia, and I live in New Zealand. She is possibly the busiest fifteen year old on earth, yet she still makes time for me.
I think a crucial part of keeping friendships strong is making time for each other. This shows the other person that they are valued and that you care for them! Every time Madi travels back to NZ she tries to catch up with us, even though she also has family to enjoy time with and dance commitments! Madi and I communicate at least once a week over Snapchat or Facebook Messenger.
She is a really beautiful person, who is going very far in life. I think being apart makes us value our time together a lot more, and I feel very lucky!
Majority of my friends all go to the same school, which I do not go to.
I'm usually asked whether I feel left out because of this, but I don't really. The girls all contact me, (even though it's mainly me text screaming at them to reply) I have no idea where I would be without social media, being able to contact them so fast, and easily.
I think being apart can definitely make an already anxious person quite anxious about keeping the friendships. For example just recently, I was sending messages to my friend all week and she was opening but not replying. Me being me, I freaked out thinking I had done something! The real reason was she was busy. But it just shows, how easy it is to over react and also how worried I am about people not liking me!
I have had friendships that have drifted because of being apart, and them not really making time for me, or replying. I don't even contact that person really now, and it';s just because it's awkward! We aren't close, and that's okay. Letting go of friendships sometimes, has to happen.
If you are a friend of someone who is long distance, and you want to stay close, don't allow yourself to drift! But also don't force it. If it's going to happen both sides will make it work, if one side isn't putting in the work, step back and think about that.
I hope you have amazing friends, who support you and love you for you.
Love,
Georgia-Maree xx
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