Gordy dropped his friends .. What a d*ck
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tinkerbell_jonna — 10 years ago(October 29, 2015 06:55 PM)
I always felt this group of 4 was subdivided into 2 friendships really. Chris and Gordy had a special close bond, AND Vern and Teddy had a close bond. They were all 4 friends but I always thought it was more like 2 groups of friends interacting Even they way they walk.. Chris and Gordy always walked side by sideand Teddy and Vern walked side by side Vern rarely interacted with Gordy or Chris, nor did Teddy and Gordy, nor Teddy and Chris. I think there was a brief scene with Teddy and Chris interacting but did Gordy and Teddy even have any dialogue with each other???
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willydoe71 — 10 years ago(November 19, 2015 07:24 AM)
This happens to people all the time. The guy I was best friends with in first and second grade, we drifted apart by 4th grade when he went to a different school. I've had many friends when I was a kid that we just drifted apart as we got older and got into different things.
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Ultrashiver — 10 years ago(February 15, 2016 07:04 AM)
In the book, it mentions that Vern and Teddy eventually took over the treehouse, made new friends and were marching/ordering them around like Nazi's -
This has happened to me when I was growing up. I had friends and then we drifted apart as we got older. It's part of life. -
jsn_hylnd — 10 years ago(February 23, 2016 10:29 PM)
What I didn't like was Gordie and Chris giving a proper goodbye (handshake, kind words) while they didn't say ANYTHING to Teddy or Vern. I agree with the fact that friends come and go in and out of your life. It's sometimes out of one's control for instance, sometimes you move away, sometimes you go to the same school but class schedules are hefty, maybe meet new people, get a job, or maybe you meet a special girl that you wanna spend all your time with etc.
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Ultrashiver — 10 years ago(March 17, 2016 05:34 AM)
I think the relationship with Chris and Gordy was a little more personal than with Teddy and Vern. They had personal talks and cried together in private. Teddy and Vern were on a different level than Chris and Gordy, so they weren't as close.
When I was a kid, we had a gang of 4 and I had a really personal connection with one of my friends (not in that way)in the gang. I still keep in contact with today - He lives in Tacoma, WA. -
Willus_A — 9 years ago(June 06, 2016 06:57 PM)
In Vancouver, BC there is no Middle (Junior High) School. High School was from grades 8 through 12. Some people I was really good friends with in grade 8, I barely even knew by grade 12. Like the previous poster said, it happens.
"Hogs have futures, I don't."
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evbug53 — 9 years ago(June 29, 2016 10:44 AM)
I don't think Gordy dropped his friends, at all. I think, like everyone does in real life, they all had separate paths that they went on. Kids grow up, social issues change, you graduate high school, then college happens. You make new friends. You go to work and then family happens and you become so involved in helping your family grow. Life happens, just like it did for all 4 of these characters, just in different ways. Gordy never forgot his childhood friends.
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PretoriaDZ — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 09:57 AM)
I have two friends that I am still excellent friends with from when I was 14. I have several friends that I'm still in touch with (thanks to Facebook) from college and the biggest single factor is having the same sense of humor!
This positively infantile preoccupation with bosoms!Terry-Thomas about US 1963.Hasnt changed much! -
wolverineland — 9 years ago(February 06, 2017 09:40 PM)
Gordie and Chris didn't abandon Teddy and Vern. They left Castle Rock and became a successful writer and lawyer. Teddy had a bunch of dead end jobs and Vern was like a factory foreman and they never left Castle Rock.
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Blue Wave — 4 years ago(November 24, 2021 05:50 AM)
Friends aren't always dropped. Time moves on. So do they with it. So people split up. Life happens to them. I've had that happen with some of my friends. I have found it it is not always possible for people to stay in touch.