I've been thinking about "old friendships" in the light of my upcoming reunion (above), and then the appearance of this thread made me think about it some more.

Despite the undeniable evidence that age is catching up to me, within myself I feel like the same person I was when in my early-to-mid-20s. That's who I really am! Isn't that true for all of us, or most of us?

If our self-image is largely determined by who we were in young adulthood, when we were making most of the choices that would determine who we would be for the rest of our lives, doesn't it make sense that our friendships and relationships from that same period would remain important aspects of our identities for years and years?