We should Catch Up Sometime
I've lived abroad longer than I lived in my home country. Some of my oldest and bestest friends have never seen the places where most of my life has happened. Same for me with their own real life things.
We should catch up sometime. Fly back to my home country, have a drink sometime. Or you could come by and I'd show you the sights. This happens from time to time, and it's the best.
We mostly meet on Discord or whichever messaging app one prefers, play games, plan podcasts, talk about life. Thursday at eight. Bring your own beer.
Between calls, we send memes. Little things that say “this made me think of you” without making a whole occasion of it.
But there has to be a back and forth. Sometimes you keep sending the back and wait for the forth. You start feeling like you're knocking on the door of our childhood friend, but they moved out long ago.
I don't think that makes the friendship we had any less real. I miss it. But we move on.
And there are friends who still answer. I send some a picture of a stupid dog. It's not face to face, but we manage.
