Hi Zen888

It's possible that your friendship is a situational one in the sense that the only common ground between you two is the fact that you are both college students.

Another example of situational friendships are friendships with co-workers.

Many times co-worker friendships cannot get into the realm of true friendship because the only commonalities are the job, the company, the boss, etc. When one friend leaves the company or moves to another department (if it's a large business), the friendship often ends.

Sometimes though situational friendshipships can become more multidimensional and can venture into the realm of a true and longer term friendship, but this only happens if you and and your friend are willing and able to explore other interests.

For example, in your case... if you find yourself in sort of a rut when it comes to your conversations with this friend (you only talk about church or school), perhaps you need to find some activities that you both would enjoy.

So.... what sort of interests does your friend have?

And what are your interests?

Perhaps you could go shopping together sometime, or go visit a museum or art exhibit.

Does your friend like participating in any sports? Perhaps you could play a game of tennis or something. Or maybe you could take a fun class together -- like learning to cook Chinese food or craftmaking, etc.

Also... does your friend like movies? That's always another fun thing to do with friends.

Anyway... don't give up on this person just yet.

Even true friendships can have moments where they are a bit boring... but I have found from my own personal experience that it helps to jazz them up a bit by finding fun activities to do together.

After all... too much talking (blah, blah, blah) does get old after a while even if you happen to have a lot of things in common!

Anywho... good luck!

Peppermint Patty