People tend to make new friends during a trip, and at the end of the day would exchange contacts and vowed to keep in touch. Thing is… lots of people would forget (or choose to ignore) their promises.
High school friends, university friends, ex-colleague etc… there must be a large group of people that they have promised to keep in touch with… but lots of the time, “keep in touch” sounds like an alternative way to say goodbye, and nothing more.
People might bumped into their old friends once in a while, it’s a small world after all… they chat a bit and then exchanged contacts, and vowed to keep in touch… but this 2nd chance to keep in contact would slip away again for the same reasons.
They are some people who tried to hang on to their promise though, to keep in touch… it might work well at first, but later on “keeping in touch” simply means sending friends a bunch of useless chain mails.
Off course there are exceptions that people are keeping in touch despite moving on different path of life for years… these are friendship worth cherishing for life.
It doesn’t necessary mean though, that people don’t care if they failed to keep in touch… lots of the times they simply don’t know what to say… and as time goes by… it became increasing awkward to contact people they have not been in contact for ages.
Do you know anyone that you have promised to keep in touch with and not yet doing so? Time to dig into your phone book and email address book… whatever… time to dig into mine.
Keep in touch.