Okay, let’s be real. Being a long-distance friend is a special kind of weird, right? It starts with, “Of course, we’ll stay in touch!” and “Distance doesn’t matter when the bond is strong!” Then life happens. One minute, we’re all in the same place, doing stupid things, arguing over who pays for chai, and the next, we’re scattered across different cities, caught up in work, responsibilities, and adulthood. Suddenly, we go from daily nonsense chats to random “Oh yeah, I should text them” thoughts that never turn into actual texts.
But then came the blog.
Vijay, our most active writer (and honestly, the reason this blog even exists), casually suggested, “Why don’t we start a blog together?” No grand plan, no deep thought—just an idea thrown into the group chat. And me? I thought, Why not? So here we are.
We didn’t overthink it. We don’t brainstorm ideas together (yet), and honestly, I don’t get much time to write. But that’s the fun part—each of us writes in our own way. Vijay writes most of the posts, I contribute when I can, and our third friend does their thing too. And instead of mixing everything into one blog, we went the extra mile—we have two separate blogs: one in English and one in Gujarati. Because some things just sound better in our mother tongue, and others? Well, they work better in English.
And you know what? It’s working. We talk more now than we did before—not in a forced “let’s catch up” way, but in a “Hey, I read your post, and here’s my take” way. It’s effortless, natural, and honestly, kind of brilliant.
So yeah, moral of the story? Long-distance friendships don’t have to be just awkward small talk and vague plans to meet “someday.” Do something together. It doesn’t have to be a blog—start a meme page, a playlist, a random inside-joke newsletter—anything that gives you a reason to stay connected.
Because friendships don’t just survive on nostalgia. They need new moments, new conversations, and sometimes, a little ridiculous blog idea to keep them alive.
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