I have been reading about so many childhood experiences from different entries, and I think mine is quite different because I Intentionally left them. It wasn't an easy thing to do, but I knew it had to be done. I kinda grew up with my childhood friends, and we all had access to phones from an early age so we saved each other's contact. The guys you see me with here were my friends from nursery school, especially the tallest among us "Destiny" We were friends from Kingegaton. People thought we were brothers because we were always together, the other guy Simeon was my best friend, I deleted his number just recently just to let myself know by-gons are by-gons. I think he would still want us to be friends, but then It will cause a lot of trouble between my family and his. Oke, the fair guy among us (and the minister of women's affairs) was the last person I lost contact with majorly because of his lifestyle.
The separation from my childhood friends was a rather hard and unpleasant situation, but then with necessary reasons behind them, most of which were family related, and those that weren't family-related were because of character and lifestyle. So going back to the beginning, my parents and all their parents were friends, so we all went to the same school and church from nursery till we finished secondary school. We changed schools together and as we were, they were the first member of my click that was like a cult back in school.
A time came when my dad's businesses started going down, and like the saying goes it's when you have money that you know your true friends, Destiny's family were the first to leave and we separated from Simeon's family because my parents thought it as the best option moving forward from all the losses and heartache we had encountered. Although Simeon's family stood by us through those trying times, but they were also close to the families that abandoned and mocked us. Simeon's mum was known for not keeping secrets, so letting them around is definitely going to be like exposing ourselves to the outside world. Even after my family separated, I and Simeon never did until my second year in School, I just decided to follow my parent's orders after the countless times my mum would ask me if I had talked to any of my former friends and I will always lie about it.
I knew Simeon was hurt by my decision, it was hard for me too, but I did it anyway. He tried coming back by hosting a hold classmates reunion online and chatted me up to see probably if we could come back to talking terms, but I intentionally didn't respond and exited the group instead, I still love a wish all my childhood friends well, but then, my family comes first, but if one day I can get my parents to reconcile, perhaps I could have at least one of my childhood friends back again.
EVERY PICTURE USED IN THIS POST ARE THROW BACK PICTURES TAKEN BY ME