Two of my friends from high school (twin brothers) got home from their missions over Christmas break. They had a small open house and a few of my friends and I went over just to pop in and say hi. We decided that reunions like those are weird. For one, you want to sit down and hear all about the experiences they had but you don't want to ask the typical, "how was your mission?" question. Plus, they just want to sit and relax, take deep breaths and let the fact that they're home slowly hit them. Then it's your turn to talk. What do you say? "I'm good." They ask about school, "Oh you're at BYU?" No surprise there. You can only talk about school and work for so long before you reach the social life. But it's not like us girls are about to spew out every heart break we've had for the past two years. And it's not like they even really want to know. At least with these boys maybe not. They're just old high school buddies, they don't really care if you're dating or not. It's different with guys you were really friends with. Like the boys from our freshman year. We know for sure that the second they're home we are gonna sit them down and gush out all our woes and joys that we have had in the last 24 months before they can even object to it.
Friendships are interesting that way. Some friends from your childhood/teenage years you see and, quite frankly, you don't really stress if you talk to them again. But others you see and you just can't wait to hear what they have been learning and doing. I think with the guys from our freshman year, since they were more like our second family, we really do care. We had gotten to know them better and in different ways than we could have with older friends because we were all going through the same crazy college stuff together and we literally were with each other 24/7. Am I just rambling now? Anyway, all the boys are starting to get home and we're all excited. I can't wait till next summer when all the "Originals" boys get home.
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