Wow thanks, you've made me realize I have gotten better in the friendship department, for whatever reason.

In my opinion in high school and middle school and even grade school, no one has real friends. They are there for status. Certainly no one liked me and I didn't really care for them either. But there were some weird dynamics in my school. Even now, when one of my high school "friends" likes something I post on FB, I cringe a little. I just have a lot of doubts about why they liked me.

In college I think things were more genuine. I am more able to connect and actually a lot of people liked me I think, and I was able to see good things in them.

I don't know about keeping friendships past college because I've been a bit depressed and am bad at corresponding via FB and text with people, but in college, I think people are more desperate/eager to make friends. At first it's because they're away from family (I never understood the loneliness and desperation behind that) but later, it does have a lot to do with networking and future career success. You want to surround yourself with people who are doing well and have interesting ideas. I definitely want to keep in contact with some people for those reasons.

In any case, I think this is interesting. I think all friendships are to an extent superficial.