[rlu]

The comments on the site are a little brutal! I enjoyed the read, though I feel like at this moment in time I relate to it much more than I might otherwise.

I just graduated college this May and so the way I'm relating to the piece isn't so much with maintaining contact with exes, but maintaining contacts with college friends. There are certainly different 'levels' of friendship. Some I could see maintaining contact with frequently (but for how long??), others maybe just 3 or 4 times a year, and others still maybe just a few times every 5 years.

But even my closest friends - suppose I actually gave them a real phone call every month - how long does this keep going? This one comment on the OP site itself certainly hits the nail on the head...

"are you going to be dragging all these people along with you when you are 40? 50? 80? ... You can't take everyone with you."

I can see myself only speaking with my closest college friends maybe a couple times a year, 5 years from now. And that's kind of sad.

[davidxc]

I can relate to this comment. I had some really close friends in high school (who I'm still close friends with), but after two years out of high school we've mostly lost touch. We talk to each other once every couple of months, and I see them maybe a few times over summer. It's definitely kind of sad.