Hello, Goodbye. *sniff*

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Warbsywoo

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It's always hard saying goodbye to good friends.

But it's also hard, though it mostly doesn't seem to be, to say goodbye to friends you've only known for a little while. I mean, there seems to be so much potential in acquaintances, that is...until they leave, or have to move somewhere else.

Ever had that experience, having to say goodbye to someone you've known possibly throughout your whole life?

Frankly, I have. When I left my native country for California, I had to say goodbye to countless friends I'd known since I was 5 years old. It was a sad thing, but hey, I realized life had to go on.
Same goes for my dad when he died.
Incredibly tough, but you have to move on, despite the grief and sorrow.
 
Jerms, heard of that song "Farewell" by Raymond Lauchengco? It's a popular Graduation song back home and this thread made me think about that particular song.

I had to say goodbye to many people when I was younger...many important loved ones, friends, relatives...and I still miss all of them.

Then I had to say goodbye to some more loved ones last year back in California when I came here to Ohio. I hate goodbyes - who doesn't? It's a wretched thing, really. Well I mean, it depends on whom you're saying goodbye to. There's some people that I seriously cannot wait to get away from. >.<
 
Mitsuki said:
Jerms, heard of that song "Farewell" by Raymond Lauchengco? It's a popular Graduation song back home and this thread made me think about that particular song.

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I might have heard it, but I'm not sure it's the exact same one.

Anyways, what I had to do the day I left, was that my mom threw a whole party for my friends and I and for her friends as well. It was threatening to get really emotion, but it didn't and we parted happily, kind of. I mean, it wasn't all hugs and kisses, but it wasn't all bad either.
I'm quite content with how I left, and besides, I have their MySpaces and whatnot. :P
 
Couple of years ago my best friend moved over to the other side of the city. We had been best friends since I was like 4 years old. Nowadays I don't see him. Also, another friend who introduced me to Final Fantasy I had known since I was about 3 years maybe. Unlike the previous friend I mentioned, we both went to the same Nursery and Primary but probably about a year he was to move into Secondary (He was a year above me), he ended up moving to Irvine. Another friend who I had only known since I started Secondary school moved to Hamilton 4 years later. Kinda sucks but for some reason it didn't bother me although I do think of the times we use to hang out.
 
Do you think it's harder to say goodbye to real life friends than it is to say goodbye to online ones?

Stupid question I know, because I know what you would shoot back at it.
But saying goodbye to online friends as in you have a parting of the ways, so to speak, where you never see them online again, and he or she just happens to be one of your best friends online.

He or she cuts all connection with you, you know that kind of thing.
 
I say RL friends are harder to say goodbye to. When i had to say goodbye to Will... well thats probably the hardest thing I've ever done... i think its harder because you have actually spent time with the person, and have memories with them that aren't just on a screen.
 
Ah, that's true. The connections that are borne through relationship, and I mean a strong relationship is really tough to break, and never truly break in my opinion.
It may seem like they break, but then why do we remember them in the first place?

Now, I don't think we would know if saying goodbye to friends online is a tough thing or not because of 1.) There's always contacting devices like IM's and other sites and 2.) we're too young still. :P
 
Moving far away has to be a tough thing, but it doesn't mean that you have to lose contact. Sure you may see them less, but get a hold of them somehow so the relationship and bond is not lost forever.

There's a girl I have the biggest crush on right now, but I only get to see her a few days in the year if I'm lucky. We live maybe 3-4 hours away at most, but with our busy lives, it's very difficult to keep the candle burning. I do it though because of my feelings for her. So even for those who move away from someone and they have either a romantic feeling for them or not, try to keep the friendship going at any cost.
 
I find that doing such a thing is very...complex in the least, and is obviously quite difficult, but hey, who said that life was easy, you know?
You always have to strive to get something you want, and the same goes for friendships as well. ^_^

I try to keep in touch with my old friends back in Asia, but due to the time differences, it's getting especially tough to do so, because whenever I'm on, at night or in the afternoon, it's early morning for them, so you get the idea?
I always try to slip in a few e-mails now and then, but they can't reply since they're all in college now, thanks to the education system differences from here and over there.
 
My best friend moved away last summer. It was really hard to see him go, especially when we didn't even get to throw him a farewell party. I still keep in contact with him and i'm going to visit him soon, but life got even more boring when he left.
 
Yes, several years ago when I was still in High School my father’s job had relocated us to South Carolina. Although we didn’t know how long it would be at the time, it thankfully wound up only being 3 1/2 years. But yes, it was hard having to say goodbye to a lot of close friends that I grew up with not to mention family. Granted it wasn’t as major as moving to an entirely new country, but it was certainly close enough.
 
People especially females tend to run away from me so i don´t even get the chance to say farewell.
 
I hate how nothing lasts...

Messenger is a bad place for me. It's where I find I can be myself. I lack confidence in person so it makes it harder for me to show who I am inside. When talking to people online, I can express myself easier and I end up growing close to people. Yet it's online that the most people fade away. My friend Christoff had to leave 'cause his friend went into full-time work. Christoff doesn't have the 'net at home so he uses his friends. That still hurts. =[
 
Well if we're talking about saying goodbye to online friends...I honestly don't know how that would turn out. I've had online friends before and we all parted ways, but it didn't affect me in any way. I suppose that's because I'm never really close to friends online. Sure, we get along and whatnot, but it's still different. There's still a "connection" that's missing. So I think that's why I don't think saying goodbye to friends online would be such a hard thing.

However, when it comes to this forum and the people I met here...that's kinda different, I guess. This is the first time that I've spent such long periods of time (months and months and months) in a site, and talking to some of you guys. So, saying goodbye may be somewhat hard later down the road, I suppose.

I'm realistic enough to know that it won't always be like this forever. People move on eventually. It'll be sad, but as years pass, we may even forget about each other.

But I don't wanna think about that right now. xD

Who wants some cookies? =)
 
It was really hard to say goodbye to my friends. How do you tell them that you're leaving and you will most likely never see them again? When I moved to the US, I never spoke or seen my old friends again and yes I'm actually still sad about it because they are the people I spent almost my whole childhood with, and we'd probably still be great friends, but things don't always work out that way. I have tried to look them up, but trying to find someone in a country populated by 1 billion people is really hard
 
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