Friends leaving...

[Teen Music Lover]

Hey...I have a lot of friends. I have about 5 close friends and most of them are leaving to go to another school for a college readiness program. (10th grade currently) It seems like after this, i wont have any "close" friends. I will still have friends but mostly after this I wont have Hang-out friends, if you know what i mean.

I dont think that im asking a question, more for advice.

[Mr. Smithers]

Keep in touch with them. Today we have email, telephone. Take advantage of that. Meet new friends, keep your old ones.

[Teen Music Lover]

true, that could work... any thing else?

[Contra]

You said most of them are going, not all, so just keep those who stay. Like August said, keep in touch with the ones who are going away and try to make new friends.
Oh, and get closer to other friends, if you had 5 close friends, I guess it won't be a problem for you. :)

[Teen Music Lover]

true....

[Cats In Space]

I make new friends every year, I guess it's just me, I don't think this'll work for you but why not just make new friends?

[Inconvenience]

don't lose them if they are this good. well, i even have friends abroad and we keep in touch each day, callin each other via skype (hope u know it's absolutely free). so idk, just keep in touch

[Serenity]

You've pretty much got three options: Stay friends with the people who are leaving, make new friends, or have no friends. In HS I was in a group of 4 best friends, 3 of whom left for college this year. My absolute best friend, the one who's still in HS, decided to go the no-friend route. She didn't have anyone still in the school she was really close to so she loaded up on 6 AP courses so she'd have a lot of work to distract her. She and I are still close, the other two are completely nonexistent in both of our lives. So I think the lesson learned here is that you will fairly quickly come to realize how many of those people leaving are actually friends and actually worth the time and effort of keeping in touch with them. Either way, don't stress. Friends are pretty easy to make if you join an organization. For example, I'm in marching band. My college's marching band has THREE HUNDRED PEOPLE. Even an antisocial loner like me has found some people I like and enjoy spending time with.