[Benjamin]

See I go with the other coin. People do change, but more because they learn new things and their needs and wants grow/alter over the years. The initial core of them is still there that you knew and liked, but when new situations arise people adapt themselves (not always consciously) to it.

I look back at myself and I know I have changed, I used to be quite shy, reserved and generally a nice person who was a bit of a doormat, over the years from people taking advantage of that I have become a lot more blunt, closed down and to be honest a bit of a royal ****. The core of me is still in there.


Over time also you do "outgrow" some friends and they "outgrow" you, not in a bad way, but you just become different people with different needs, wants and perspectives. That is why you will have only have a handful of very good friends in life that will be there at all times, those are the ones you want to look after even if they are going through a phase of being a person you do not like (it's your job as their friend to try and reign them back in or at least make them aware of what they are doing/being like).