Friends that don't share common interests with you at all. Anyone has friends like that, or maybe an interesting friendship to share? I've noticed that some close friends I've had in school stop contact after a while. Of course, its not a sudden thing; we text for some time and try to do general stuff like going to the movies. But eventually we sort of get caught up with our new lives and stop frequent contact (so its something like downgrading from close friend to just friend). Noticed that I didn't really share common interests with those friends.

Was curious to see if it's possible to have close friends that actually don't share your interests.

One of the biggest aspects of my life, none of my close and long-time friends share. I've met other friends through it, and my wife is one of them, but that is it. I have friends that are gamers, but we eventually all start playing different games and what was once a good group to game with just becomes an a mere aquaintence on a friends list.

I need to dive deeper into the social circles of that big aspect and find friends in it. Unfortunately, it's a very scattered group and quite a few of the people are unsavory types (though that is with any group really).

My closest group of friends, I've known for over 20 years and as the years go on we have less and less in common. I think the only things we're all really passionate about is a handful of bands we grew up listening to. There's still more to our friendship than what we have in common. We support eachother; we talk about life, the future, our relationships, family etc..

Personally, I believe everyone has at least one thing in common. It may not be the one thing they are most passionate about but we all can find common ground.

I had a group of around a dozen or so friends that I hung out with in high school. Of those, I see maybe 3 or 4 of them on a regular basis. Most of them have moved on with their lives, (long ago) Moved out of the area, or just fell off the face of the planet. I see a couple others ever few years or so, but, that's about it.

Back in the day when I had real, physical friends (lately this long-term friend and then his gf) neither of them had the interests I had; the outdoors, hunting, MC riding and helicopter flying. And vice versa; I didn′t have any interest in parties, drinking, horror movies and stuff like that. The only thing we had in common was the gaming interest and the history and eventually it wasn′t enough to keep us together.

We all move on, that′s all.

I don't know how the OP, or anyone else, is but that is the way things go. When you are young the most important thing in a friendship is proximity. When you are 6 years old you aren't going very far to find someone to play with. As you get older your ability to travel and meet other people continues to grow and you are able to meet and become friends with people that share more than a neighborhood with you. I would find it surprising if the people you grew up around just happened to have the same interests and tastes as you when you are all advlts.

My wife likes chick flicks. I like nerdy sci fi.

She likes to sit in the top row at the movies. I like to sit in the front. (she wins every time).

She like cold ice water. I like my water room temperature.

I live for martial arts. She depises it.

She hates Dr. Pepper. Dr. Pepper is my favorite drink.

She loves her husband of 25 years. I love my wife of 25 years.

Well, opposites attract. Life would be boring if we all liked and agreed about the same stuff.