https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 13 May 2026 04:24:51 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1183104 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 19:06:12 +0000 MsMamaBear 1183104@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Facebook, text, Twitter and we try to go out every once in a while. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182944 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:54:13 +0000 Ash 1182944@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Facebook and text.... but I'm really bad about keeping in touch with anyone. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182925 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:43:44 +0000 SugarplumsMom 1182925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I don't. What I mean by that is it's really hard with the extreme time difference. Plus, I'm a little put off because I've been the only one calling. I get that international calls cost money, but there's Skype and Facetime. I don't get why I'm the only one that calls, or that holiday cards rarely come, yet when it's for a gift registry, I get the card early. I'm a mom now, I don't have time for one way friendships.</p> <p>But there are a few that keep in touch via FB, now IG. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182918 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:38:28 +0000 artsyfartsy 1182918@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Facebook. I ran into a girl at the grocery store last week that I literally hadn't seen since high school, 5 years ago. We keep in touch on FB occasionally and we connected again in person like those 5 years never happened. One good thing about FB! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182861 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 17:06:15 +0000 ScarletBegonia 1182861@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My close friends from high school and university are in Canada and I'm in Australia, so we keep in touch over facebook and email but unfortunately since I've been gone almost 9 years its become less and less frequent. Still, when I travel home I always make an effort to see them a few times and many of them have been over to visit.<br /> With my friends here, my bestie moved to Melbourne this year from Sydney and due to her work she will be moving cities every year for the foreseeable future. We talk on the phone at least once a week and facebook chat probably 3 nights a week. She stays with my husband and I when she is in town and is throwing me my baby shower even though she has to plan it from afar! My other friends it depends - usually text, emails, and catching up in person. Its easy now that I don't have a baby yet, I'm sure keeping in touch will get harder once he or she is here.<br /> I think as I've gotten older a lot of friendships have fallen by the wayside but the ones i've kept have grown stronger. It makes me feel like a loser sometimes to be able to count my close friends on maximum 2 hands, but I suppose thats just what happens! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182837 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:50:57 +0000 Smurfette 1182837@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Email and text and we try and get together once a month. We have a weekend in a mountain cabin coming up. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182827 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:46:43 +0000 T-Mom 1182827@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>txt, email, phone.. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182790 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 16:31:34 +0000 sunny 1182790@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>iMessage. Like irunforfun, we don't say hi or bye... It's just a running convo! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182689 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:55:45 +0000 doodlepoodle 1182689@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a group of 6 girlfriends who we've always been close, we always joke that each of us 'serves a purpose'. I'm usually the secret keeper/comic relief. Then there is practical, emotional/softie, fix-it(provides options to help w/problems) and we just try.to support each other how we can. 4 of 6 have kids, one is trying desperately and the other doesn't want any. That hasn't affected our dynamic too much. We all love one another fiercely.</p> <p>I will say it's easier to share stories about j to the girls who have kids but the other two girls love him just as much! It's harder for our friend who hasn't gotten her BFP to hear stories bc she so badly wants it for herself, but she is so so amazing and spoils the kids like they were her own. </p> <p>Lord this makes me miss mY girls!!! :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182679 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:53:41 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1182679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm terrible about calling and talking on the phone! I'm even bad at texting! I'm known to leave my vmails unheard for a week at a time... I'm definitely not a phone person. </p> <p>I'm also not a gchat person because it stresses me out a little to have an ongoing conversation when I need to be multitasking. I always feel bad for leaving someone hanging. I guess I like the flexibility of email haha - I can respond on my own time! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182663 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:50:23 +0000 Rubies 1182663@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Email and text! I rarely talk on the phone! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182657 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:48:47 +0000 autumnlove 1182657@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Email and text </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182649 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:45:52 +0000 Kimberlybee 1182649@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I still live within a 25 mile radius of where I grew up and so do all of my bridesmaids. So it's been easy to keep in touch via texting and also meeting up for lunch or dinner. Some of us moved away for college for a few years then returned home to start the next chapter of our lives, marriage and children. 2 other really close friends live in Boston and SF so I KIT with texting and FB. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182632 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:40:44 +0000 IRunForFun 1182632@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a constant text/gchat conversation going with my BFF...literally constant, every day. We don't even say hi/bye anymore, just pick up where we left off even if it's been a few hours since either of us said anything.</p> <p>Another group of friends, we have a private FB group that we post in, usually daily.</p> <p>For friends that live close, we try and get together at least once a month, and usually text randomly in between. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182623 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:37:57 +0000 LuLu Mom 1182623@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Email, text, dinner dates, occasional phone calls. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182616 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:36:00 +0000 mrskc 1182616@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I really only have one close friend and she moved out of state. :( Over the last couple of months, we've been keeping up with emailing each other. We try to keep them short just so it's easier to respond. It's really helped us feel close even though she is so far away now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182609 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:31:45 +0000 Andrea 1182609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Email or text. I only talk on the phone with my BFF! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182603 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:29:33 +0000 banana 1182603@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>IM and Gtalk! We also see each other at least every month. We don't all talk every single day but we talk and see each other enough to keep our relationships going. But I agree that it's much harder as you get older. :( </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-stay-in-touch-with-friends#post-1182582 Tue, 29 Oct 2013 15:25:21 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1182582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>The post about the bridal party got me thinking... how do you stay in touch with close friends? I'm still really close to my entire bridal party even though none of them even live in my same city anymore. We keep in touch by maintaining a consistent thread on gmail, and we write to each other throughout the day. The emails aren't very long - just a few sentences about how work's going, family stuff, our weekend plans, etc. </p> <p>I have 3 of these types of threads that I keep up with. One is with 2 friends that are also close to each other, another is with 2 other friends that are also close to each other, and one last thread that's one-on-one with me and this one other girl. These threads also keep me sane when work gets slow..</p> <p>How do you maintain friendships? It's harder and harder as life goes on because everyone gets so busy! </p>