>>7381760This exact thing happened to me, I had a great friend in elementary that I had to leave behind because my family moved out due to economic factors and because mom didn't like the middle school all the elementary schools in the area fed into.
We bonded because we were both misfits, I was a shy, extremely awkward kid with no other friends to speak of and he was bombastic and over the top to the point of painting his fingernails and dying his hair. We treated each other badly a lot of the time and we fought a lot, but we stayed friends because we were both so out of place. There was a certain loyalty between us that I don't think I've felt since.
I don't know where he is now or how he's doing, but last I heard he became a brony and a bisexual, and joined some social justice group. Sometimes I wonder if he would have stayed my friend in spite of that had I not left. I don't know, political activism can tear friendships apart so easily.
