[getflookup]

This is a very interesting post, thank you for writing it. I'm still quite a few years away from 50 but I have been feeling like this since I graduated. The days after graduation felt like the party would keep going but I quickly noticed that my friends were becoming less and less available.

I think this happened because:

1. They got married and therefore priorities changed.

2. They got kids and responsibilities increased.

3. They got older and interests changed.

4. Most of us moved to different cities and/or countries.

But I think the party can, indeed, keep going (with a little effort). There is a reply here that recommends joining different activity groups and I think that is the right thing to do. In school, you didn't have to work hard to meet new people and make new friends because the community is large and full of interesting people you can relate to.

Outside school, the best way to mimic that kind of life is at places like work, Church, sports clubs, etc. [finances permitting :)]