tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post3503891822668289233..comments2024-03-26T06:41:22.957-04:00Comments on Freckled Citizen: "Why are you so far away?" (she said)Maggiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03948476830389001938noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-55601995844235020182011-10-19T23:33:50.249-04:002011-10-19T23:33:50.249-04:00I've been meaning to comment on this FOREVER. ...I've been meaning to comment on this FOREVER. But I love this post! And miss you!SLynnRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016804259405363833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-77633224483989671282011-09-30T13:44:07.133-04:002011-09-30T13:44:07.133-04:00NU still has a rad hockey team. And we have seaso...NU still has a rad hockey team. And we have season tickets. Just sayin'...Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962207274073382811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-12170307523653783872011-09-28T20:39:36.575-04:002011-09-28T20:39:36.575-04:00I love this post. My high school and college frien...I love this post. My high school and college friends have moved all over the country, my parents are 5 1/2 hours away. My boyfriend and I still live in the town where we went to college, but everyone else has left. It's heartbreaking, but makes getting together that much sweeter.Erinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17754038184936652547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-90858998528869188142011-09-28T17:43:46.020-04:002011-09-28T17:43:46.020-04:00My high school friends are, in fact, almost all in...My high school friends are, in fact, almost all in the same place while I live away. It makes me depressed for a few days every time I come back to my life after visiting them, but at least I know they are all in one place where I can find them. The same isn't true of my college friends and that is really tough.Day Old Newshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09120331142733779081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-54470892486571282472011-09-28T17:24:21.824-04:002011-09-28T17:24:21.824-04:00What a great, great post. I can relate all too wel...What a great, great post. I can relate all too well, and I did grow up in the same place all my life. I certainly have good friends from there, but not a solid group that does an annual reunion or anything. I wish that were the case. I am going to link up to this post on my blog this week!Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11722170630645934568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-62082473551943981702011-09-27T15:00:31.228-04:002011-09-27T15:00:31.228-04:00Yep, exactly. I grew up in one spot but this Texas...Yep, exactly. I grew up in one spot but this Texas thing has thrown me off my tidy plan to live in X suburb with BFFs A, B & C and raise our Ralph Lauren-style children all together. I wouldn't trade it, of course, but I definitely feel the pull when I see a tight group of friends like you describe. My husband has that, actually, so I get to live it a bit via him, but it's not the same as the fictional one in my mind.<br /><br />I'm in complete agreement about "South of Broad", btw. Though I'm a veteran run-on-sentence writer myself, I felt like I needed a machete to hack through his initial prose; "florid" is just the word for it. It definitely improved as things rolled along.Melissa @ I Pick Prettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12300398605721219551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-64058014873627302032011-09-27T11:07:22.306-04:002011-09-27T11:07:22.306-04:00i have a hard time even answering the question &qu...i have a hard time even answering the question "where are you from?" we moved when i was in 7th grade. when i went away to college, i never came back. my sister and i joked that we are addicted to moving but it's sort of true- i get antsy for the next thing when i'm in a place too long.<br /><br />my parents have moved twice since high school so i'm used to coming "home" to an unfamiliar place and sleeping in the guest room. and i don't keep in touch with anyone from HS or college, but that's probably a product of my personality, not relocating.<br /><br />on the other hand, my husband returns to his old room, posters plastered all over the walls just like 1999. he hangs out with all his old friends and it is SO WEIRD to me.erin @ oliveourhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09804765179288723591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-45256447381297618832011-09-26T21:55:50.550-04:002011-09-26T21:55:50.550-04:00I love this post. It seriously puts a lump in my t...I love this post. It seriously puts a lump in my throat. I've moved my whole life-- and haven't moved since 2004 when I came to SC for grad school. My parents moved all over and, strangely, have just moved back to the town where I went to high school. I miss my college friends. We all wanted the Big Chill reunions on a regular basis, too, so we actually would spend at least one night every week piled up on the couches watching The Big Chill. Sigh. I want my children to grow up with my friends' children. And we have friends here, but in a way it's not the same.<br /><br />I will say, on the hopeful and positive side, there is about a 95% chance that we will always live here in Columbia because TC's business is established here. So my children will have those roots that I always wished I had. <br /><br />I love visiting my friends all over the country. And I agree with Jen above that on our wedding day we felt truly honored and realized just how special it was that all these people that we loved were in one room together. That will never happen again.<br /><br />And... I love that we have such similar taste in music. Nightswimming and Just Like Heaven are two of my favorites. Maybe those songs are putting the lump in my throat? :)Blue-Eyed Bridehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01372823469381402561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-18493653688934723872011-09-26T18:57:30.614-04:002011-09-26T18:57:30.614-04:00I'm so glad you wrote about this today, since ...I'm so glad you wrote about this today, since it allows me to share this little bit of news: Umea plays "Maggie comes over" on a fairly regular basis. Here's how that game goes. Umea approaches and says, "I'm Maggie." I say, "Hi, Maggie!" And then we hug and kiss. Then she says, "Ask me about my house." And I say, "Where are you coming from, Maggie?" Umea says, "My house." And then the game usually starts over.<br /><br />It's HILARIOUS and so sweet.mjaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150508559549092452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-59910140200620010142011-09-26T17:20:17.846-04:002011-09-26T17:20:17.846-04:00I have had a little bit of a nomadic life post-col...I have had a little bit of a nomadic life post-college and I often feel the same heartstrings being pulled. I have friends that I only see at weddings because we are all over the country (and now that we're all married, what happens?). Most times I look at it as a blessing, if I hadn't done all of the traveling and moving around, I would never have met these friends, or my husband for that matter. Even though they're far from me, they're in my life but it doesn't bring them any closer for regular visits. At our wedding, we both looked around and realized it would be the only time that we'd ever have this many people that loved us all in one room together. At least the magic of blogs, twitter and facebook bring us all a little closer together between visits.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12654383731229979528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-81585488672720211692011-09-26T16:45:12.946-04:002011-09-26T16:45:12.946-04:00I love this post. I grew up in the same house my w...I love this post. I grew up in the same house my whole life. I have friends from when I was 3, our parents travel together, we're in each others weddings, god parents of new babies, etc but my husband moved around so much growing up he doesn't even have friends from college. I've moved multiple times since graduating and most of my neighborhood friends have as well. We all feel torn on continuing to move along to new locals or staying put. I've started warning my friends that for my 30th in 2 years I want everyone in one location for 48 hours.andikgnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12515315949181595087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4718146618187718643.post-85082166126313989942011-09-26T12:38:26.647-04:002011-09-26T12:38:26.647-04:00I agree with your comments on South of Broad, but ...I agree with your comments on South of Broad, but totally got absorbed into the story once I waded through the beginning. <br />I also think what would my life have been like if I didn't leave NC to head south.KatiePerkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07187422288529762616noreply@blogger.com