This year I realized that I outgrew my friend group. And it is pretty hard to realize that.

The first years with my friend group were quite fun. I would say we started to become friends in 7th grade. I felt like I was part of the group. Sometimes they would go out (without me because I don’t like to go out) but it was fine.

The last few years they would go out more and more. And I felt more and more excluded from the group. They would get boyfriends, go to parties and talk about stuff I didn’t know what they were talking about. I knew I was getting excluded from the group but they were still my friends.

This year when I talked to someone, it hit me that I outgrew my friendgroup. It was really hard for me and I felt down for several weeks. Maybe it wasn’t hard for me to except the fact that I outgrew my friends but what really hard is, is that I can’t leave this friend group. Because otherwise I wouldn’t have any friends at school in my classes and lunch.

But it isn’t all sadness. Last year I switched basketball teams and it was one of my best choices. I made a lot of new friends and 3 very close friends. I am happy that I made new friends and we hang out a lot.

Do you make friends easy? Do you have the same friend group over the last years?