Does a friendship need to endure forever to have been a true and satisfying one?

I think, with those two former best friends I mentioned, I felt that when we moved away from each other, the friendships fizzled out naturally. It was the days before social media, so you had to pick up a phone, talk, make plans, to maintain a friendship. I think I felt it was natural that we just grew apart. I felt they were true friendships. I was inseparable best friends with those two, and we never had any arguments.

I do hear you saying, though, in your experience you had a major fallout out with this friend over some issue.