Message #72684

[rose.winter1980]

I have kept in regular contact with a few past co-workers over the years.  I must say, though, that the friendships have grown more outside work than whilst we were at work.  The contacts range from phone calls, letters and emails to meals, holidays and stopovers in our respective homes.    Work is a topic we discuss from time to time, although not to the exclusion of other things.  We're all very different people, but we have enough shared interests to help the friendships along.

That said, my family commitments are quite extensive, so these friendships don't happen often.  On the whole, too, I prefer to keep my work and personal lives fairly separate.