Losing Friends As You Grow Up? These May Be Some Of The Cumbersome Reasons - Read Them & Learn From Them !!

in #sociology7 years ago (edited)

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Friends are the essential part of our life. They are the Mirrors who reflects all our faults and virtues. Without them we couldn't imagine a happy or joyful life. Friends are the only people in our life with whom we share our life secrets, success and failures. They are the one who knows each and everything about us, even those things which even we don't realize about ourselves. They are our lifeline and life force. 

But as we start to grow up, we lose some of our friends. Losing friends can be lonely and distressing for some people but it is a normal part of growing up. As soon as you hit 30 year mark, you are flooded with responsibilities of family and kids and you're no longer go out with friends freely. You'd ave to think twice before meeting with your friends. You have to make time from your busy business schedule which is not easy every time. So the reality is, you lose friends when you start to grow up.

There can be numerous other reason which compels us not have enough touch with our friends. 

Career Or Business

As you start to grow, you have to think about your career or business. You have to set your life on the right track, thinking about your life goals which are indeed highly important. Without career, your life is nothing. You have to make it up asap so that you can be set up in your life comfortably with your family and children. During this phase of life, it's normal to lose some of your friends or even relatives. You can't be in touch with them on regular basis anymore. And if you do, then it would be sad for your career or business goals. 

Romantic Relationships

When a person gets romantically involved with his better half, he may lose touch with his friends. A study proves that a person with a romantic partner have 60% lower interaction with his friends as compared to the person who is not romantically involved with anyone. Romantic relations are just a whole lot of new and joyful experience for anyone, so it's normal to give all your attention to your partner instead of your friends at that time. It's a major reason of losing friends in adulthood. 

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Geographical Changes

Sometimes you have to move out from your native town or city to the another town for some reasons. These reasons may be anything like college relocation, job changes, business work or just shifting your home to another city. These changes may restricts a person's touch with his friends. Sometimes the distance is too much that you wouldn't even bother to go meet with your friends. 

Marriage

Marriage changes everything in a person's life. Because now you're not carefree anymore and you have to think for your family first then for yourself. You can no longer involved in late night parties, you can no longer go for late night drives, you can no longer plan travel trips on monthly basis with your friends. You can no longer have too much fun. It's time to get serious and give most of your time to your family and spouse. So, it's pretty normal after wedding we lose touch with our friends. 

So, these are the major reason to lose touch with your friends. Some reasons may change with person to person. But I am sure you get the idea as why we lose friends as we start to grow up.

This is normal part of growing up and you don't have to be stressed about it. Instead, focus on your life and career. And you can always contact your close friends and plan a meeting with them if you're feeling too much of their need. 

Thanks for reading. 


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I also believe that as you grow older, you become more selective of your relationships and the value they bring to your life. I know that my circle of friends is much smaller than when I was in my 20´s, and that does not sadden me. In the contrary, it makes me happy to know I highly enjoyed my 20´s and that now I am much more aware of who I am and the kind of people I like to hang out with. On the positive side of this, I have a few life-long friends that will always be friends, no matter the distance.

That's good to know @diegotorrescolo . I respect your thoughts and agree with it wholeheartedly.

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