Yeah absolutely. If it is true friendship, then time or distance really can't affect it. But that goes only for best friends. You may not get along with people you knew on a more shallow level later on if your commonalities have disappeared.

"I have some friends like that, but I don't consider them good friends anymore."

This is me. I do have some friends like that, and I consider them casual friends. And our interaction is just that -- casual. We're not close.

I think it depends on the dynamic you have with your friends and the reasons why you lost touch in the first place.

I live pretty far away from home right now, so when I do get to travel back to my hometown and see old friends, we're usually able to pick up conversations right away because there are definite reasons that kept us from communicating often. If we have temporarily stopped talking because of something like tension between us, it would be a much harder situation.

i love having friends that don't require a whole lot of maintenance...there's a bond there that can't be broken!

Oh whew. I must be really insecure because I was like, "I feel that way about a lot of my friends who aren't close, I hope they feel that way too!" And the results of the poll seem to indicate that's true!

Some of my friends I have moved away from, and really lose touch with and don't care to see them much ever again, and it really makes me realize those friendships weren't good. But I can speak to my good friends pretty infrequently and be ridiculously excited to talk to or see them again. I agree low maintenance is good!

This is the only kind of friend (and plants) I CAN have!

i definitely have friends with whom i've lost contact for a while, only to reconnect and pick up where we left off, and its great.
on the other hand, theres just those who u've lost contact for a lack of connection and u cant really reconnect with one of those.

I'm with Sun_Sun. I've had a couple friends that I wasn't in contact with for various reasons for a couple years and then we moved to the same city and reconnected and it's like we never were apart. Those are the friendships that have the staying power through life's ups and downs.

My best friend and I were just talking about that. We go months without talking or seeing each other, but once we see each other it all falls into place. I love her to death and we are both confident and secure in our relationship where we don't have to cling to each other.

Yeah it definitely doesn't work with everyone. There are some friends whom I haven't talked to for years and then we ran into each other and it was like we haven't missed a beat. There is this one girl though, we lost contact for a while and then we.. I can't remember, either ran into each other or found each other on facebook or something. We used to be good friends, so we keep trying to get together, or chat or something, but it's just not happening.

I really appreciate the friends with whom I have the low maintenance kind of relationship. I think of them as my forever friends

with me and my besties and all of the girls i grew up with it works so i'm happy. i see the besties probably once a fortnight when our uni/work timetables clash and the girls even rarer... maybe once every 2 months.... its kind of sad, but thank goodness for email/sms/phones&facebook...

For me it varies, I have one good friend who lives on the other side of the country and when we see each other (about once a year) we totally pick up where we left off and are able to get back on track immediately. Then I have some friends who I see every few weeks and it seems like we cant really catch up. And I have a two really close friends who I talk to/see at least a few times a week.

there are a select few people in my life i would readily call friends. i would refer to most people as acquaintances whom i don't need to see often. my friends, however, are people i see somewhat often (weekly or at least a couple times a month) and those who i can trust with things i tell them.

Most of my friends are easy going this way, and I'm thankful for that. But I had one friend who would take it as a personal attack if I didn't touch bases at least once a week, I've since stopped calling her altogether. It doesn't feel much like a friendship when it can't flow naturally.

As we get older, busier, married, kids, etc. it gets harder to keep up constant communication with everyone we like. My friends and I are all on the same page when it comes to understanding that. We all do our best, but sometimes weeks do go by without a phone call. But we can pick up where we left off, and I consider myself lucky to have those kinds of friends in my life. They aren't easy to come by.

I definitely feel I have that with some friends and not with others - when I share so much of my life with some people, it's hard when we're not around to hear about all the highs and lows along the way...usually we get over it pretty quickly

Overall, though, I have a slew of friends that I can only see occasionally and we can always pick up where we left off - I love those conversations, but at the same time, I am not crazy about reviewing events from the past that I have to rehash to make the present make sense

I definitely feel I have that with some friends and not with others - when I share so much of my life with some people, it's hard when we're not around to hear about all the highs and lows along the way...usually we get over it pretty quickly

Overall, though, I have a slew of friends that I can only see occasionally and we can always pick up where we left off - I love those conversations, but at the same time, I am not crazy about reviewing events from the past that I have to rehash to make the present make sense

I didn't talk to my best friend for 2 years just because we fell into different crowds of people, but a few months ago she got back in touch with me and we've been best friends ever since, seeing each other several days a week and it's like nothing has ever changed.

I have a few friends that I can go without talking to for however long and we just seem to pick up where we left off. I also have a couple of friends who insist on speaking to me every single day regardless of what I have going on and have issues when I don't answer my phone or make other plans.