"Is BBF just a myth?"

I can relate so much to this article by Jameela in the recent edition of Company. I myself have had people come and go in life who I thought I would be friends with as cliché as it sounds "forever". Looking back I have fallen out of touch with so many close friends, the saddest thing is it's not really any of our faults, the greatest enemy is time... over the course of time we change, we can't help it and sadly some people no longer become part of that change. Looking back it does make me feel sad to lose someone who you were once so close to and could tell anything to and now when you meet or see them passing by you in the street, you no longer acknowledge each other... they've become a stranger. It's funny how the people who I thought I was going to lose touch with are actually the ones I'm still friends with now and how the people I would always count on I no longer speak with... but like the article says "who are you to expect them to revert to the person you initially became friends with, and who are they to expect the same of you?" I remember myself saying a couple of years back, exchanging "promises" of never losing touch with my "old bffs" and how we'll be friends "forever" and how that didn't work out, it's so weird when I look back at my leaver's book and read all of the messages from old friends. I realise now it's old/past friendships I miss, the people who we were... sometimes it's just best to let go of old friendships and hope of regaining the former closeness you once had, I realised this getting back in touch with an old close friend, we're so different now and really know nothing about each other anymore...I see it's time to let go of the "bff" label and sadly put it back where it belongs... in the past.

However moving all the depressing stuff aside, out of all the "temporary bff's" you will meet, there will be some which you just know will actually become life-long. I'm glad I have people in my life who I think disprove this "bff" myth, they've stuck by me through tough times and I know I can always count on them and I hope they know they can count on me too. We can go a couple of days without talking but when we all meet again it's like we weren't apart, I love these friends so much I actually consider them almost like family. This is the reason this article also kind of scares me in a way as I used to feel this way about my "old friends" and with what's happened now... I really sincerely hope with these friends our friendship won't grow apart. I'm worried about time, how we'll all change and lose touch....I wish with all my heart that with these people really do disprove the "bff myth" and are here to stay.