What do your new friends know about you as a person, see in you, recognize in you that your old friends have no idea about?

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Nothing. My longtime friends (teens & 20’s) mix with newer friends as they come, we build our own family along the way.

That I’m more laid back (than I used to be). Also, back in the day, coming from a strict Catholic upbringing, I was a “good little girl” for the most part because I didn’t want to upset the parents (there was stuff that slipped by them, though). Now, I’m a little more “adventurous” and love to get out there and enjoy life; not really holding back.

Plus, my sexuality was hidden, as well. In my teens, I dated boys, but, secretly had crushes on girls. I finally came out in my 20’s.

That I now have a backbone and a true sense of self.

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Farking edit glitch! I feel lucky to have been with my friends as we’ve gone from being single, through relationships, marriages, divorces, children, illnesses, deaths, struggles, etc. Newer friends are a bit surprised by stories of my younger days temperament though.

That I have children now, so any differences in me must be due to that.

I’m analytical now.. :) and I discovered I have OCD…

By old friends, I am thinking about people I went to high school with – they wouldn’t understand/know about my activism, about my involvement with the LGBT community, they wouldn’t recognize me in many ways – same with my friends in Russia

I am no longer a Christian, I stand up for myself and my beliefs, I am compassionate, and I’m not afraid to speak my mind. The friends from all those years ago aren’t friends anymore, they are just people that USED to be friends.

There’s a reason the people from your past are not a part of your future.

Friends I had in high school and a few others, before I joined the military, knew me to be generally irresponsible, carefree, and unfocused during those parts of my life. All of my newer friends and acquaintances know me to be self-confident, reliable, learned, responsible, mature, and professional in my behaviors and work ethic. I credit most of this to experiences in the military that have helped me make large improvements in my life over the past 20 years.

I have thought a lot about this recently as I was pondering my recent graduation from college. I think it’s hard for friends who have known you for awhile to notice changes in your personality that other people you just meet may see as just who you are. I think personality changes are like subtle weight gains/losses in someone you see every single day, you don’t notice them at all. That said my new friends know me as a MUCH calmer, less angry person. My older friends saw the side of me that was emotionally a mess and seriously angry. Years of hard work and therapy have made that person mostly disappear.

I am outspoken, opininated, I have a lust for life, more creative..this may not seem like a big deal but to my old friends it is a huge surprise..I always felt caged and was afraid to “BE ME”..now, I am free..I’d like to think my new friends see the rebirth in me..

I am easier to be friends with these days, now that I have discovered Zoloft. Depression and irritability dogged my footsteps all throughout childhood up through graduate school. I am also more confident these days. In part it is because I know I am no longer cute or even pretty so I don’t have to worry about what I look like any more, but in part it is simply as one gets older one becomes better able to cope with different situations.

that i grew up.

I will admit that I am, seriously, known as little ‘teachers pet’ and a perfectionist to practically everyone… and i am sooo far from either one of those things, its ridiculous, my close friends, im sure realize that. (usually by default :D )