In my days at the entertainment agency, I had six or seven close friends in the office, and I was close with a handful of people who worked at other companies in the same industry.
We hung out at each other's homes, went to bars and shows, and played beach volleyball every few weekends, too. At work, the jokes and chatter were constant.
But within a year of leaving the entertainment industry behind, I was only in meaningful touch with four or five of these people. And now, years later, though I am loosely in touch with some of the gang, only one former work friend has become a genuine, lifelong friend.
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I was surprised and somewhat saddened that I lost touch with some many people in such a relatively quick time. But I'm also clear-eyed about it. After all, it's not as though I was constantly finding time to head downtown for lunches with my work friends, or making plans with them via phone or email, as opposed to just leaning into an office as I walked past for coffee.