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>Be me 14 y/o
>Middle school just ended, instead of going to the HS within my district I decide to switch to a better one about 20-30min from my house
>I have a close group of friends, we all find each other funny and hang out all the time
>We've basically grown up together
>I make the decision to switch abruptly, they get cold feet and ask me how we can still be friends
>I try to comfort them, "It's gonna be fine, we can still hang out all the time, we already live in different neighborhoods"
>I'm really excited to be going to a new school, my friends are still criticizing me for it
>Things are getting a little tense, in hindsight I think they were a little jealous I was going to a better school but it made me feel shitty
>One friend (lets call him Kyle) switches to the school I'm switches to, that makes me happier
>Be me, 15 y/o, one year has passed
>Got in a fight with my best friend after he made a really racist and uncalled for "joke" about Asian people, one of my best friends was Asian at my new school and I lost my shit
>Things got tense after that, we started talking less and had fewer things in common
>He was basically the last of my old friend group that I was seeing
>I see pictures of my friends hanging out online, they invited my Kyle but not me
>2 years pass, 17 now and in my junior/senior years
>See my old friends rarely throughout the years
>We are still pals but we barely talk, when we do it's normally for bigger get-togethers or events
>We are distant but it's not too bad, I would still consider them friends
>They are choosing to hang out with Kyle all the time, it's weird because I always thought I was better friends with them
>I guess not
>18 now, finally graduated
>Go to one of my old friends graduation parties
>Hang out with friends a couple times during the year, and more in the summer
>Things are going great, we are kind of reconnecting
>They invite me on a trip with all of them, I say yes of course
>cont.
