High School vs. College

There are people who say that high school is the best four years of your life. On the other hand, there are people who say that college is the best four years of your life. I have to side with those who say college. While I did have some good times in high school, I really became who I am and made lifelong friends in college.

Yesterday, I saw a picture on Facebook. It was of a girl who I went to high school with at her wedding with a bunch of other girls that went to the same high school. The caption said something about staying friends after 8 years. I had associated with some of those girls when we were in high school and I might have even called a couple of them friends. It's been four and a half years since I've been in high school. There is only two girls who I talk to anymore and we don't even talk that often. I understand that life moves on and people drift apart but, with all the experiences we had together, it would be nice to at least keep in touch. I know that communication goes both ways, but trust me, I did try to no avail.

College was the fastest but best four years of my life. I made really good friendships that I know are going to last a lifetime. They all live in other states, but that doesn't stop our friendship. I also had the opportunity to get to know older adults that I worked with on campus. I was able to connect with people of all ages and life experiences. I reinvented myself and became the person that I am today. While freshman year was rough and full of bad decisions, I wouldn't trade those experiences for anything. The girls that I became friends with were present on my wedding day and celebrated my special day with me. I had no high school friends at my wedding and I only invited one of them (she wasn't there because a mix up of dates).

I did have many good experiences in high school. I had good and bad times, but what I remember most is leaving the school without a best friend and without that big group of friends that all the other people in my class had. I did have friends throughout the four years of high school, but none of them continued that friendship with me after we graduated.

I love my life now. I have a great group of women that I will continue my friendship with throughout our lives. I have a wonderful husband, my fur baby, my two families, and a long, exciting road ahead of me. Will I go to my 5 year high school reunion (if we have one)? Probably not. There really is no one that I long to see right now. No one from high school contacted me to congratulate me on my wedding and marriage. Only one person has reached out to talk about my life. To be honest, I'm really disappointed in my former high school classmates. I would have loved to stay in touch and to stay friends, but I guess I wasn't important enough in their lives as they were in mine. The friends I do have are from college and jobs I've had, and to be perfectly honest, that is quite okay with me. I wouldn't trade them for anything.