Old Friends

I have known my closest friend for about 53 years although we don't see a lot of each other now.Age and illness has stepped in.She came to work with me when she was 18 and by sheer coincidence we had our first babies with in 4 days of each other,I had been married for 7 years and she,9 months and 3 days!! the DC were both 50 in July and we have kept up with them all this time.We now ring every 2 weeks.

Yes,but unfortunately she's in Germany. Have known my dearest friend Monika for over 38 years. We catch up by phone for hours.

One of my closest friends I met at ante natal class forty two years ago. Until Four years ago when she moved to be nearer her son we would meet for coffee once a fortnight. Now we speak for an hour on the phone once a month.We have shared all the ups and downs of our lives and never run out of conversation.I really missed her when she moved away.

My oldest friend I've known for 35yrs she is ill now and we don't meet up anymore but we talk on the phone once a month or so.. I miss spending time with her but she's become a bit of a recluse since becoming sick (her family are hoarders) and has asked me not to come to the house I've respected her decision it doesn't sit comfortably with me but knowing the family as I do I understand.. She knows everything about me and vice versa I can trust her with anything .

I have known my oldest friend for 45 years. She lives in a different part of the UK now but we are still in touch on a regular basis and meet up as often as we can.

I have one friend who I meet up with monthly and we have known each other since we were 11 and at school and we are both now 72.

Another friend lives in Scotland and we are in email contact at least x2 a day and I have known her since we were 21 years old. We meet whenever she and her OH come to London.

I've known my best friend for almost forty years. We met when our children started school together. We live about half a mile apart in the same village and are always there for each other.

I have known my two oldest friends for 57 years, ever since we met at Grammar school. We kept in touch via birthday and Christmas cards for the 20 odd years I lived in Cornwall, now I live closer we meet up several times a year.

Known my best friend for about 43 years,we have moved around the country but always kept in regular touch, we can pick up and leave off at any time,wish that she lived a bit nearer .

My dearest friend and I played together when we were two and that was 65 years ago. We see each other often now but lost contact as teenagers and then she went to the other side of the world, returning in her late 20s. When we got together again we met up and chatted non-stop and discovered we had lived parallel lives, sharing the same values, love of gardening, music and political views. We're as close as sisters and I love her to bits

Have known my oldest friend for 62 years from when we were babies. We went through our school years together, then went our separate ways, but still keep in touch regularly.

I met my longest-serving friend when we went to pre-school nursery aged 4, 54 years ago. Our lives have gone in different directions and we live on different sides of the country now but manage to meet up several times a year. I've also got a pen-friend whom I've exchanged letters with since 1979 - sometimes it's been easier to put things on paper than say out loud and she's seen me through some tough times. My last friend began as my manager - the best ever - in 1985 and is now a much loved friend with awful dementia that has taken his ability to speak. It's heart breaking. I've few friends but these three have stuck with me through thick and thin and are precious.

I've known one of my best friends 35 years and the other one 25.We meet at least once a week. One of them we go for a walk around Saltrum then have a coffee in Sainsbury.every Wednesday.

I met my oldest/best friend on our first day at Uni. 44 years ago. We were in the same hall of residence and then went on to share a flat. She lives about 2 hrs away across the country, but when we meet its as if we saw each other very day!

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I'm going to a school reunion dinner tomorrow with two of my best friends. We met on the day we started grammar school in September 1960. We try to meet at least twice a year and are planning an extravagant 3 days in London in the spring for our next get together

I've known both of my close friends for years. One I met when we had summer jobs in a café 45 yrs ago. The other I met when our DD's were at the same play group 25 yrs ago. Unfortunately both have moved away but I'm in touch with both of them at least once a week. X and I spend weekends together with our DH's. Y and I meet for coffee every few weeks.

I still meet up with a friend who I sat next to, in a little wooden child's chair with curved arms, at our first day at school. We were both three. We both remember the day! We were friends all through our childhoods. Had some lovely times together. We lost touch in our teens. She rediscovered me through Friends Reunited. But I am a sadly neglectful friend these days.

We have several friends that we have known for around 40 - 45 years. I have one male friend that I met on my first day at school, 56 years ago, that I am still in touch with.

I met my best friend 59 years ago. I was 13 and she a few months younger. over the years our relationship has waxed and waned. I married and had children, she didn't but had an outstandingly successful career BUT when life changing events happen she is the first I ring and she also. We are now both in our early 70s and in good health so still meet up and recently had a girls weekend away at our house in France. DH, very wisely stayed at home. I do not think we stopped talking all weekend.

I 'met' my oldest friend in the hospital we were born in - our Mums were in neighbouring beds, hers 21, mine 42! We went to the same schools and have been friends ever since. We have had times when we didn't see each other often, but whenever we pick up the phone the months fall away and it is as if we have never been apart. We are meeting for a day out in London in a couple of weeks, it will be nonstop chat!

Most of our dearest friends have shared our lives for 45ish years; and we all raised our children together.
My DH retired when he hit 65, and we headed to France, where we spent 20 very happy years, and they all popped over from time to time to spend a week or two in the sun with us.
Now, my dear man is 90, and I'm nursing him through, ' end of life' care'
Sadly, he has had Dementia for the last nine years, and my daughter asked us to return to Uk, so that she could help nurse him.
So now, all our lovely old friends are taking it in turns to call to say, "goodbye" to him.
It's so comforting to see them all, saying their farewells- even if he now hasn't any idea who they are.

When I finally find myself windowed, I known that they'll all be there, to rally around to support me.
So, all of you Grans with good old friends, keep on treasuring them. They'll be there for you when the chips are down.

We had a recent reunion of school friends. There were seven of us at my friend's house. One I have known for 61 years. The others I met in Grammer school in 1960.
The wonderful thing about us meeting, and we do it every year, is that we know each other so well there is no shortage of conversation.

We all went through the teenage years together and have so much in common.We each brought a dish to make a varied meal.

Last year we met at Highclere Castle (Downton Abbey) and really all we needed was a table and a chair each!!!!

Leonora* for you and good wishes for you and your DH. You will need your friends and I trust they will be there for you.

I first met my closest friend at a magic convention in Brighton in 1980.
We were both magiciennes and were asked to help a rather gorgeous young Dutch magician during a close-up show. (I ended up with him).
After that we "magic gals" used to meet up at various magic conventions both here and abroad.
Although we have both retired from performing and attending conventions, we still keep in touch on a regular basis. And we have fantastic memories (and the photos to prove it!)