There is no doubt friendship is one of the most precious gifts of life. Some friends come and go, but sometimes we are lucky enough to stick together with a special someone for a lifetime.
If you are one of the lucky pandas, share your then-and-now pictures of an everlasting friendship!
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#1
Then And Now. Best Friends, 59 Years Later
#2
Friends For Over 15 Years
#3
My Best Friends And I After 9 Years
#4
My Little Brother And His Best Friend In A Tub. Then And Now
#5
Best Buddies At 10, 17 And 29 Years Old
#6
Best Friends For Nearly 70 Years. Today, In Our Seventies, Our Bond Is As Strong Today As It Was When We Were Children
Linda Engman 6 years ago
I have a friend that I've been friends with for 66yrs and we call each other at least once a week
#7
Every Five Years From 1982-2012, Five Friends Take The Same Photo At Their Cabin At Copco Lake In California
#8
We've Been Best Friends Since 1st Grade
#9
Good Friends 1980 - 2015
#10
Best Friends For Over 30 Years (1980 - 2009)
#11
She’s My Surrogate Sister. We Update Each Other On Our Families And Our Lives Whenever We Speak. We Laugh Together And We Cry Together, And We’ve Been Friends For 76 Years
#12
20+ Years Later We Are Still A Bunch Of Dirty Boys
#13
Then And Now
#14
Best Friends For Over 60 Years. We Gained (And Lost) Husbands, Children And Grandchildren. We Are Ever Present In Each Other’s Hearts And Lives
#15
My Brother And His Friends
Dawg_TheDog 6 years ago
I was 6 years old,broke mah leg, running from MY BROTHER AND HIS FRIENDS! :D
#16
Best Buds Fueling Up Before Hitting The Town
#17
He White But He Still Ma Nigga. My Best Friend For 18 Years
#18
Lucky To Have The Same Best Friend Since Our First Day Of Kindergarten To Our First Day Of Living Together For Our Last Year Of College
#19
A Picture Of My Buddy And I, On My 10th And 22nd Birthdays
#20
Four Friends, Then And Now, 38 Years Apart (1978 - 2016)
#21
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. We Haven’t Lived In The Same City For 40 Years, But We Talk Every Week And See Each Other Several Times A Year. Neither One Of Us Has Sisters, But She Is More Than A Sister To Me
#22
Still Friends At 40
#23
Almost 20 Years Down The Road, Then & Now
#24
Ten Years Later, Still The Best Of Friends
#25
My Best Friend And I In 1998, Before A Costume Party, And In 2016 At My Wedding.
Final score:
78points
#26
Best Friends For 50 Years. We Have Been There As A Support System As Hard Decisions Needed Advice: Sickness, Infidelity, Life-Changing Situations, Aging Parents, Happy And Sad Times. We Are So Grateful To Have One Another To Go Through This Wonderful Life We Have
#27
7 Years And Nothings Changed
#28
My Friend And I In 1990 And In 2017
Final score:
60points
#29
Goulet Siblings (And Bffs) 1966 vs. 2014
Final score:
57points
#30
My Friend And I Have Been Best Friends Our Entire Lives. Then And Now: Preschool Graduation And Our High School Graduation
#31
My Friends Sam, Shawn And Myself (ron), Friends For 4 Decades.
Final score:
51points
#32
Then And Now: My Best Friend In The Whole World
#33
Best Friends For 50 Years. We Come From Different Backgrounds, Different Professions And Have Very Different Personalities. But, Through It All, We Have Remained Besties
#34
Apparently Nothing Has Changed From 8th Grade To Senior Year Of College
Linda White 6 years ago
I think the guy in the middle is wearing the same necktie in both pictures.
#35
Best Friends For 60 Years. I Literally Cannot Remember Life Without Joanne
#36
Then And Now – 1965 To 2015 – Friends For Over 50 Years
Final score:
47points
#37
Then, After High School ( We Are The Easily Passed Back Bench Kids, Despite The Fun We Had We Still Behaved And Respected Our Teachers And Parents) Now 12 Years Later (3 Of Us With A Hard-earned Master Degree And Decent Profession) ...these Girls Are My Angels Through Thick And Thin... Krimaya Besties !!!
Final score:
45points
SarahScouse 6 years ago
I'll have whatever they're on, in 12 years all three look younger and even more gorgeous.
#38
My Best Friend And I During Our First Day Of High School And Then Our Last Day
#39
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. They Get Me Like No Parent, Sibling, Husband Or Child Can. That Is The Beauty Of Female Friendship
jacluckycat 6 years ago
I always wished i had a close group of female friends. How fortunate these ladies are.
#40
My Best Friend Of Twenty Years
#41
Best Friends For Nearly 50 Years. We Lost Sharon 10 Years Ago To Cancer. Since Then, Margy And I Have Gotten Even Closer, And We Both Have Made Changes In Our Lives We Could Not Have Foreseen
#42
Best Friends For Over 55 Years. We’ve Been Through It All... Puberty, Boyfriends, College, Marriages, Kids, Divorce, Careers, Menopause... And Now, Social Security And Medicare
#43
Best Friends Since Second Grade. Prom Dates
jacluckycat 6 years ago
I bet the other shoppers got a kick out of seeing two people in formal wear fighting with pool noodles ;)
#44
My Best Friend And I In 2006 And Then After Graduating In 2015
#46
My Best Friend And I 10 Years Later
#47
Norah & Angela, Besties For 46 Years
#48
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. We Are Known To Friends And Family As The BINGO Girls. E Are More Like Sisters Than Friends And We Truly Treasure Each Other
#49
My Best Friend And I 16 Years Ago And Today. She Just Graduated With Her Masters, And I'm Happily Married With One On The Way. Time Flies
#50
A First And Last Day Of School Picture With One Of My Best Friends
#51
Best Friends Are Formed By Time
#52
10 Years Apart, Been Best Friends Since First Day Of 2nd Grade
#54
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. We’ve Shared Laughs And Tears, Insane Attempts At Being Cool And Questionable Date Choices, And Years Of Memories That Always Bring Smiles To Our Faces
#56
Besties For 38 Years. Paula And I Have Been Friends Since I Was Born, And Our Parents Were Friends Before That. At One Point, Our Dads Were In A Band Together Called “wives And Lovers.” What Makes This Friendship Continue To Thrive After 38 Years Is Our Shared History. Now Our Children Are Friends
#57
My Gf And Her Friends Posing With Aaron Barrett At A Real Big Fish Concert 2000 And 2016
#61
Wolf Tracking In Idaho 2002 >> Wedding In Rwanda 2016
Final score:
19points
#62
Kristen & Lindsay, Besties For 21 Years
#63
My Best Friend And I The Day We Started Working Together And The Day I Got Married
#64
I Never Had Any Biological Sisters, But These ‘girls’ Are My Real Sisters. We Love And Respect Each Other, And We Know That Each Of Us Would Do Anything For Any Of Our Sisters. Best Friends For Over 50 Years
#65
I Have Been Friends With Both Of These Women For 24 Years. We Met In College And, Against All Odds, Have Remained Best Friends Through Marriages, All Of Our Children’s Births, Careers And The Sands Of Time
#68
My Dad And His Friends In The Mid 80's And Today
#70
My Best Friend Tracy And I Were Due To Be Born On Each Other’s Birthdays And Were Born In The Same Hospital. I Was Born On April 29th And She Was Born May 2nd. We Met In Grade School. We Were About 6 Years Old. We Are Both Now About To Turn 33
#74
We Became Best Friends The Day The Teacher Seated Us Next To Each Other On The First Day Of First Grade In 1994. Here We Are, Still Talking To Each Other Every Day, Even Though We Currently Live In Different Countries
#76
Birthday 10 Years Ago And Now With My Best Friend And Her Dad
#78
Bff's For 40 Years! First Pic Is From 1982, Second Pic Is From 3/27/17
Final score:
13points
#79
Ur Moms Were Bffs And So Are We. We Have A Bond That No One Or Nothing Can Break And, Believe Me, We’ve Tested It Many Times In Almost 60 Years
#80
2004, 2008, And 2016
Final score:
12points
Nicole Kipphut (Submission author) 6 years ago
Actually been friends since 6th grade. Here is us at 16, 20, and 28
#81
Bff's Now (2017), Then (2004) And Forever!
Final score:
12points
jacluckycat 6 years ago
@Erica & Darrien Mae are you both blind?! The woman in particular has changed so much, from an awkward kid to a beautiful woman
#83
Recreated A Picture Of My Best Friends And I From High School At Our Christmas Party. 7 Years Later.
#88
Best Friends For 55 Years. Even Though We Haven’t Lived In The Same State Since 1983, Our Shared History — Like Sisters — Keeps Us Close
#89
We Have Been Best Friends For 15 Years. We Are Great Friends Because We Grew Up Together. We Have Found A Way To Balance Each Other’s Crazy
#91
2nd Year University (2005) To Friend's Wedding Day (2014)
#93
Bffs - 20 Years And Counting!
Final score:
10points
#94
Best Friends For 40 Years. We Share Decades Of Inside Jokes And Familiar Stories, And We Know Each Other Well Enough To Readily Understand Each Other’s Current News, Concerns, And Interests
#95
Besties For 20 Years. Most People Find This Relationship In A Sister, But I Found It In A Little Girl Who Lived Next Door To Me When I Could Hardly Speak
#99
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. Denise Is The Most Caring, Giving And Nonjudgmental Person I Know. She Has Always Been There For Me Through Thick And Thin — Even When I Wasn’t There For Her. When Things Are Bad, She’s The Girlfriend I Call And It’s Like We’ve Never Been Apart
#105
31/05/2010 And 27/05/2017 I Think Weve Aged Beautifully
#106
My Bestie Is More Like My Brother... Friends Since We Were 16 And Now In Our Thirties!
Final score:
9points
#107
Andi And I Have Been Best Friends Since High School — Which Is Now Over 25 Years Ago. We Love Each Other Without Conditions, Without Expectations And With A Great Abundance Of Laughter
#111
Best Friends For Over 50 Years. As Adults We Have Shared The Joys Of Marriages, Births, Countless Holidays And Travel. Our Families Still Live On The Same Street And A Few Years Ago We Found Ourselves Back In The Place We Grew Up, Providing Care For Our Parents. I Am So Blessed To Have This Unique Bond
#115
We First Met When We Were 9 And 10 Years Old On The Fast-pitch Softball Field. If I Had To Explain Why Our Friendship Has Lasted 13 Years, I Would Say It’s Because We Pride Ourselves In Always Displaying Two Qualities: Honesty And Compassion
#116
We Are Both 27 Years Old And Met In Second Grade When We Were 8. We Have Experienced First Kisses, First Breakups, Relationships, Rejection, Graduations, First Real Jobs And So Many Important Life Events Together
#119
Crystal And I Have Been Besties For 12 Years. Our Relationship Is One Of The Most Important Relationships In My Life
#120
My Bestie Olivia And I Have Been Friends Since May 1999. The Instant We Met, I Felt Like I Had Known Her Forever And She Said The Same About Me
#123
4 Cousins At Family Gatherings, Photos Taken 20 Years Apart.
Final score:
6points
#128
Sister And Niece. Throughout The Years. Bff Together Forever
Final score:
4points
#134
I Meet My Bestie 10 Years Ago In The Middle School But We Know Each Other For 14 Years From Primary School And The Second Photo Is Made 3 Years Ago...and We Are Still Friends 😊
Final score:
4points
#136
At 15 And 23. We've Been Friends For 15 Years, I Only Wish We Had A Picture From 4th Grade.
Final score:
3points
#138
Best Friends 30+ Years, These Taken In 1990 And 2012 Playing Jenga!
Final score:
3points
#142
Friends That Celebrated Bdays In 1993 And In 2017, 1 70 And 3 65s And A Few Younger!
Final score:
2points
#147
Is It Hot In Here Or Is That Just The Holy Spirit Burning Inside You. Best Friends 30 Years Later
Final score:
2points
#150
The Best Of Friends At Ages 1 1/2 & 2 1/2 Through 18 & 19 Years Old At Graduation
Final score:
1point
#152
Is It Hot In Here Or Is That Just The Holy Spirit Burning Inside You. Best Friends 30 Years Later
Final score:
1point
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Erica 6 years ago
I wish I had a best friend that I'm still best friends with. I lost my best friend 6 years ago (apox)
just a thought 6 years ago
I lost mine a year ago .. We had been friends for 12 years ... But we drifted apart ... One of us changed , apparently
Load More Replies... jacluckycat 6 years ago
I wish i had some lifelong friends aside from my beloved parents. It's too easy to grow apart but worth the effort to stay close
Erica 6 years ago
I wish I had a best friend that I'm still best friends with. I lost my best friend 6 years ago (apox)
just a thought 6 years ago
I lost mine a year ago .. We had been friends for 12 years ... But we drifted apart ... One of us changed , apparently
Load More Replies... jacluckycat 6 years ago
I wish i had some lifelong friends aside from my beloved parents. It's too easy to grow apart but worth the effort to stay close
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