> ...The reason I targeted this toward people
out of high school (no disrespect to anyone
younger) is because that's when people tend
to start moving away. I'm sure my situation
isn't unique. What I want to know is what
happens afterwards.

I developed a close circle of 3-4 friends in high
school. I did everything with them; ate lunch
together; sat near them when we had classes
together; hung out after school and during
weekends.

The unusual thing about my situation is that
each of these friends was one year ahead of
me in school, so they all graduated one year
before I did. My senior year of high school was
kind of lonely as a result, so I suppose I might
have been motivated more to keep in touch.

For people who's interests vary so widely, I'm
surprised we've kept in touch as well as we
did. The "best" of these friends I corresponded
with by mail and later e-mail throughout
college. I saw most of them every summer
and during the holidays, because all but one
of them went away to college but came home
when they were off. The one who did move
away after graduation we all lost touch with for
several years, but then he contacted us and
we've had some limited contact through
e-mail since then. Another moved away after
he got married, but only a couple of hours
away so I still see him occasionally. Two of my
high school buddies were in my wedding (one
of them was the Best Man), and they still live in
this area and I see them fairly frequently.

Unfortunately, I can only tell you what
happened in my case. Going away to college
is a big experience and a formative one...
people develop new interests and form new
relationships there, and there's no telling how
such things are going to effect the friendships
you formed in high school.