I am not that great at keeping in touch with friends once I move away, but I do have a couple of close friends that live away (in addition to my family) that I manage to keep in contact with on a semi-regular basis. Granted, they make a lot of the effort, but I like to feel that I do my part.

I usually don't like to talk on the phone...I would much rather talk in person or via email - it fits in better with my busy life, I don't zone out as easily, plus I can think through what I want to say before I say it. But I understand that some people need to talk on the phone, so I usually give in when friends call to chat.

Maybe it's just my bad memory (or selective memory), but one thing I CANNOT STAND is when someone gets mad at you and all of a sudden, they aren't speaking to you anymore. Maybe they quit calling (which at first seems like a blessing) or just avoid you when you're at the same event (maybe they had a bad day?). But when you notice that they've removed you as a friend on Facebook (I mean, come on, everyone is friends with EVERYONE on Facebook), I really feel like it has crossed a line....especially if they never told you what you did. (Maybe you really didn't do anything, and they are just being petty.) Whatever the reason, don't you think it's only fair to let the person you are upset with know WHY you are upset with them???? That's just common courtesy!!!! I'm not saying you have to remain friends (even on Facebook), but wouldn't it be nice to know what you did so that you don't do it with someone else and risk losing that friend?

At some point we all have to grow up and act our ages....and for most of us that means being an adult and telling people who have upset you exactly how/why. If you are not good at confrontation (speaking from experience here), there are lots of cowardly ways to do that....email, text messaging, asking another friend to pass on the reasons, etc - all of which are better than no reason! But I think it's totally immature and childish to just completely act like someone is no longer a part of your life (friend or otherwise) without a decent reason that both parties are aware of!