Balancing new friends and old friends at uni

Let me just admit that I was completely awful at this in first year. It's not because I don't love all my old friends it's just that it's easy to get wrapped up in the uni bubble and forget that there's people who exist outside this. I've heard of some people whose friendship groups were solid for yeears- I'm talking early secondary school days whose groups completely fell apart once everyone went to uni or maybe one person from the group completely falling off the map. To me this is quite sad, uni is a time to grow and find yourself and maybe here you have found friends who you genuinely have a lot in common with not just that they were the people you could tolerate the most at your school. Going away and having that distance between friends can sometimes make you wonder if you were friends because you actually got along or if it was just because you saw each other all day everyday.



I must admit I sometimes have the habit of severing ties or friendships because I don't think they are sustainable in the long run but at the same time I may be prematurely ending some good friendships. The saying goes some friends are here for a good time but not a long time or a lifetime.