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dont want to be replaced
okay so after this school year, which ends in july, i will have to study abroad, which means i have to leave all my friends.
I actually wanted to study abroad, its my decision, but now that a school really accepted me, i realised that, im not as brave as i thought i am.
I have a few close friends, A,B and C. A,B and i are like besties and C is just like a close friend that always hang with us. although friend A is not in the same class as B,C and i, we consider each other as like the closest among us all. and now that im going to leave this school after this semester, they are asking friend A to change to our class if its possible. and now i feel like, A is going to replace me, which i dont want to. im struggling to believe that they will still keep in touch with me when i move overseas, and since im not an extrovert, i know that it is going to be hard for me to build friendships with new friends in a new environment. im questioning it now because now friend A, the one that i said we think we are the closest, seems to drift apart already. like we still hang in school like before, but her replies are just... i dont know, as if she doesnt want to talk to me sometimes. i hope that friend A wont replace me, i still want to be friends with them, even if they dont like me anymore...
i dont have much friends
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You need to look at the situation differeently. It is not a matter of being replaced, no longer liked or wanted, but something entirely else.
Let me explain. No matter for girls or boys, we grow up with childhood friends. Eventually we graduate HS or college and begin taking the path we chose for our adult life. This means we may no longer be living in the town we grew up in. Even without college, some may take a job in another town or state. Even without you going overseas, eventually your friends will marry and have husbands and kids and that certainly takes them on a different path usually where they do not see their childhood friends as often as before because of course circumstances have changed. I drifted apart from some friends who stayed single forever and i got married and had kids. We had different responsibilities. I wasn't going to see them next door or at school every day as I used to. This is all a normal part of growing up. Some friends do stick around, remembering you and calling you and doing a couple visits a month, per year or every couple years depending on how far apart you are. My best friend moved with family 5 states away when we were junior high. OUr focus then centered on our own family and kids and jobs. there wasn't time to see each other. She made two trips out to see me, once when she had her first child with her and later once all the kids were out of the house on their own. We talking by phone or wrote periodically and now Facebook is our way to keep in touch but the friendship is different, nothing like what it was before simply because it can't be. We can't hang out daily with our best friend unless we live in the same town, are single, and meet every day after work or are roommates. That isn't the likely scenerio. Do not worry about how things are going to change. You will still be friends but not in the same way you are used to. You will also broaden your horizons by studying abroad and make new friends or at least a couple if you are shy. When you come back to the states, you will be keeping in contact with the newer friends abroad via long distance. Some phone calls but mostly on the computer.
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First off, relax. As I read you post and feel the fear coming out of my monitor.
Going over seas is a great idea you should totally do it. being exposed to a new culture is of great value and will make you a better person.
There is not a fixed number for how many friends a person can have. Your friends and be friends with you and still be friends with A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, and P.Friends are not a limited resource.
It is a big change in your life. I get that but don't let paranoia and fear stop you from expanding your world.
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