Where Have All The BFFS Gone?

So why are all your "BBF"s barely even "F"s anymore? I'll tell you why. Because somewhere along the line, people grow up. What sucks is that they don't all grow up in the same ways. Some grow up working hard and struggling to get ahead. They grow bitter, resentful, distant. Others grow up with everything coming to them easily, never having to try at all. They become tired of listening to other people's problems, feeling like everyone is trying to mooch off them, use them, copy them. Those people turn their backs on longtime friendships. Many still grow into someother person all together. They walk away from everyone in their old lives. They look down on people from their past and want no contact with anything from that time. But the worst ones of all grow into exactly who they should be. Exactly who they need to be and want to be. Those are the ones that everyone else forgets the fastest. They are the ones that still want to be your friend no matter what has changed. They are willing to roll with the punches and still hold on to those who matter to them.
I am one of these people. I am one of the people that believe that friendships can stand the test of time if you want them to. People's lives may change, people may change, but the reason they became your friends still remains.
Unfortunately, it seems that all of my friends grew into all the other kinds of people. I feel forgotten, I feel left out, and most of all I feel like no one is my friend until they want something from me. This hurts and sucks bad for me. I have always felt like I was one of the most important people in all of my friends' lives. I felt like everyone always wanted me around, always invited me, always called to say hello. Where did they all go? And why is it that when I try to talk to them about this, they say nothing has changed or they make up some excuse about being busy. Everyone is busy, I'm busy, but yet I always find time to check in with my friends.