While talking with Ben during his lunch, he came up with a good point. We realized that when we moved back to Denver last November, we realized that all our friends had seemed to move on in lives and didn't seem to have the time for us when we moved back. We know that we lived quite a distance away, but were always more than willing to make the 45 min drive up to them, or meet half way. In the 4 months we were back, only one friend took us up on this (and we love your new house!).
We have realized it happened here in OR/WA as well. Granted, our friends here did stand up and help us out when we needed it, but it seems that along the way bridge was burned and we no longer are on speaking terms with two friends we care about deeply. We have invited them to see our new places (the house and the apt) and notify them when we are up their way, but have lost all communication with them at this point.
It's hard for this to happen to us. We have been back in Oregon for 6 months, and are struggling to make friends. We have... "acquaintances". There are a few that I would trust, but no one that I can call on a whim to go to lunch or do some shopping with. I miss having my sisters around. If I was bored, I could call my sister and just do nothing together and that was ok.
This is all opinion and how I'm feeling right now. I don't mean to offend anyone that reads this and think it may apply to you. And if you think it does, you now know how I feel and that I would like to go do something!
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