u/Birkenstern

My best friend moved abroad to study overseas for one year and I have a hard time adapting to the loss of quality time, face to face interaction and a real connection.

Back here at home, we used to hang out in a group and 1on1 a few times a month. Now that he is in another country, I am left with one video call per week in our group of friends. So far, these video calls do not satisfy me the same as spending time together in person and after our calls, I feel exhausted and sad instead of happy.

From my side, these online group meetings cannot hold a candle to our everyday interaction and many 1on1 hangouts and heart-to-heart conversations of before, put blantly our quality time and "princess treatment" in the friendship

On top of that, the fact that he gets to know so many new people with whom he can actually spend time together makes me feel unimportant and useless.

Even though he tries to stay in contact, I am such a small part of his life compared to before and essentially feel like I was "downgraded".

How can I keep my friendship for the time being without losing interest in him if he does not have time for substantial 1on1 time with me?

Stromschlag in DB-Zug - manipulierte Steckdose?

Feeling sad because of long-distance friendship