[Risen from Ashes]

I have some friendships that have lasted over 10 years. It seemed that I had better judgement with people when I was a kid. Or maybe it was because my parents had some influence over who I hung out with. Now its rare to make friends that last two or three years, but I'm happy enough. For worthwhile friendships, you need to click with someone and have lots in common!

[Eloise]

I have a couple close friends I've known for eight years, a couple I've known for four, and my closest friend I've known for about a year and a half now.

Other people are just acquaintances.

[Essay]

My oldest friendship still maintained to this day is going on 17 years is with my xSFP buddy, but he's married with children now, and a lot of his free time is occupied lately. I can't say I really get to pry him away from the family often, but they're awesome and I don't mind sharing.

Like tuna said, it can be tricky for me maintaining long distance friendships, but I don't know if there's much to maintain per say. I never seem to have a problem picking up where I left off with someone once I do run into them again. Some people do seem to have the same Facebook habits as me though which keeps us up to date on each other despite geographic distance.

[Kelly617]

My friendships can last indefinitely. I've never cut contact with anyone, and I've never initiated the end of a friendship. My three best friends have been around since the fourth grade, and despite all of us going to different schools, one of them getting married and one of them moving to Winnipeg, the Florida, then back, we're still as close as ever.

I build my friendships to last. Once it gets to the point where they win my loyalty, they can count on me to be there forever.

[Zerosum]

lol timely topic because I was pondering this the other night!

I think I have only 3 real friends and a billion acquaintances lol

[brightlywound]

My friendships can last indefinitely. I've never cut contact with anyone, and I've never initiated the end of a friendship.

I build my friendships to last. Once it gets to the point where they win my loyalty, they can count on me to be there forever.

Yup, yup, this! :)

[MuChApArAdOx]

All my friendships will last a lifetime, granted i have very few people i call friends. I'm not the best to keep in close contact, although we can get together at any given moment and pick up exactly where we left off. I have people who weave in and out of my life, those who i meet through work etc. I have no problems not holding on or keeping in touch with co-workers. I pick and choose who i want to keep to the end, everyone else is merely a player in this game of life. I love my real friends, hopefully we'll be the little old ladies and gentlemen causing all the trouble in the nursing home ;)

[The Sundancer]

Most of my closest friends are people I don't see as often anymore. This doesn't mean out friendship is descending, it actually means the opposite. I am so close to them that we are at the point in our lives that we don't need to communicate everyday in order to still be close.

I spend a lot of time with my INFP best friend because she is geographically close to me and it makes things easier for us. Even then we really only see each other during the weekends and it works for us. I went a year or two without physically seeing my other best friend and it also worked for us. Heck we could go months without talking to each other yet we still were each other best friend. That is just the way I operate.

I do best with people who are geographically close to me. If we are very good friends then distance and continuous contact is usually not a big thing, if we are not as close physically/mentally/emotionally then our friendship might dwindle a bit.

I have known my INFP best friend for....around 10 years or so. We haven't always been best friends but we have been close friends since the beginning. I also feel that I should state that I have not gone to school or been in daily contact with my three best friends for years now and we are still significantly close together.

I also have a large group of friends that are spread out all over the place and they way we maintain our friendships with each other is through very large meet-ups that we try to do every couple of months. For me it is kind of like the longer I can go without seeing or contacting you yet still maintaining our friendship kind of determines how close you are to me, or something like that.

Your physical location to me is actually a big factor in my friendships if you are not very close to me. If I see you daily or something close to that then the chances of our friendship being close is higher. I never really thought about it but I guess it has always worked that way.

So basically: you start out as an acquaintance/friend -> must see me often to become closer -> you become close enough to me that we don't need to see/talk to each other as often in order to maintain a close friendship.

It is a bit confusing but it works for my friends and I.

TD;DR: I can maintain long relationships with people who are close enough that distance and continuous contact doesn't matter. If our friendship is not as close then our relationship might not last if we are not geographically close to each other.

[xEmilyx]

:D:D:D:D well I just got out of high school so my friendships all went out the window. Most of my friends moved. I say in high school my friends would be closer for about a year or two but they'd move to other friends. Of course we'd still be friends but we'd never hang out after school. but now since i just started college I haven't really found any friends at the moment, but that's okay, I'll get some eventually.
I know what you mean by being bored by the same people, I also went from person to person, but once I figured them out I was done with them. It made me feel bad because it felt like I was just getting to know them to entertain myself and then disposing of them. It felt like I was just using them. It made me feel awful, I've changed, and almost can't remember that I was like that anymore.
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