Why keep in touch with someone you know you´ll never see again?
When you met someone and you have to say good bye, most of the time you say we´ll keep in touch, and maybe you do but for how long. What´s the point if you know you won´t see each other again. Or is it that people do it with a hope that perhaps someday you´ll meet again?
I have a pen-pal who is in the military and met him 3 years ago, we have non stop keeping in touch since we are long distance. Some times I feel and know I never see him again, so why people do this stuff? Is it that we hope nonsense?
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Yeah, some people do that because they hope to see the person again. Others (like me) do it just to have someone you don't really know to talk to, share with and learn from and would never really want to meet most of their pen pals.
I keep in touch with a few old friends I'll probably never see again because we did have a good friendship while they were here and I believe you can be friends even if you don't actually go hang out with someone anymore or not. Not in the hopes that one day we'll be seeing each other every day again like in school.
I guess it's different for everyone. people do and think what makes the most sense to them. :)
I met a group of people at a retreat this year for a week and they all live so far away from me- all of us became really close- I mean we poured out all our problems and gave support to one another and had so much fun together... and they still contacted me after the retreat but I'm less enthusiastic... I know that I will never see them again... some cried during the retreat cause they came looking for closer friends but knew it wouldn't last...they try so hard to keep in contact but for me I try not to.... it sounds mean but its better for me.... I would rather keep the memories I have of them and all the good times we had in that short amount of time rather than drift away... I view it as a period of my life that I enjoyed...and wish everyone the best... I keep my optimism on high cause I know that there will be a lot of great people I'll meet
who knows maybe you will see him again but if not the keeping in touch will go away. sooner or later you will stop talking to him and move on. its happended to me with my friends before.
no cuz we learn stuff from ppl share our pain and experiences that lead us to a better self knowledge
maybe you WILL see him again... have a little faith.