Skepticlawyer

I caught up with a friend of mine from my UK high school today. We calculated that we hadn’t seen each other for almost 10 years. But it seemed like yesterday that we’d last seen each other, and there were no uncomfortable pauses in conversation (unless you count the moment when my daughter ran in with no clothes on, shouting “I noo noo!”).

It was lovely to see my friend. It’s strange how there’s some people with whom you are always comfortable. It doesn’t matter if you see them only once a year, or even only once every 10 years. You can just pick up where you left off.

Other times, there are people who are really important to you at a particular time in your life, but once you stop interacting with them every day (at a workplace, school or university) you drift apart. You don’t always stay in contact with the people you expect when you leave a city or a workplace. And then there are other people who move in and out of your sphere of interaction at different times. Human relationships are weird things.

Anyway, here’s a toast to old friends!