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Talking about Friends
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Having lifelong friends is a great conversational topic. Many questions are related towards how long they have been friends.
Here are some questions you can ask when talking about friends.
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How long have you guys been friends?
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How long have you known each other?
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Did you grow up together?
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Did you go to school together?
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So how did you meet?
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Here are some example you can use to respond to these types of questions.
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We've been friends since elementary school.
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I think it's been like 20 years.
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We grew up together. Our parents lived pretty close so we were basically neighbors.
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We went to the same school since the 5th grade.
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We met in middle school and started going to the same school from the 7th grade.
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We started going to the same school at the University of Washington.
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We met at church when we were young. We have been close friends since.
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We met in high school in our English class.
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