I always believe that in life, we have a lot of acquittances but few friends. We encounter so many hi-bye "friends" that people think they have a large social circle, but that's not the case.

The few friends I have, when we do catch up physically after years sometimes starts rather formally then the conversation just flows and the time just melts away. I try to make the effort to connect and have no expectations as I understand we all have issues to deal with.