I pretty much only had a handful of friends before I moved 2000+ miles away, but honestly, the one and only one that I still talk to was the only one that was really my friend.  The rest were more close acquaintances, past roommates, etc.<p>Some are still on the &#x27;real&#x27; friend list, but have lives that kept us from hanging out, even when there wasn&#x27;t distance.  Business, etc.<p>After moving my wife and I have picked up some couple &#x27;friends,&#x27; but they are more playdate type (kids near same age), and party type acquaintances.   I don&#x27;t meet up with either of them individually (and they are socialites, so are always doing stuff with groups of people, I don&#x27;t know that they have any friends that they just hang out together with, other than in a group).<p>My closest friend still hangs out with us once a year.  We chat and email weekly if not daily, and we both fly to each other&#x27;s cities to visit, or we meet somewhere and hang out, vacation-like.