DH and I were abroad for 3.5 years and now we've moved back to our home country. We've been back for about 6 months now and I'm really struggling with friendships. While I was away, I tried my best to keep in touch with friends and stay up-to-date with what was going on with them. When we decided to move back, these friends were saying how excited they were and couldn't wait to spend time together. In the first month or so it was great - we got together and felt like it was really lovely. But since then, I've really struggled to get any kind of regular contact going. In fact, some of them made a lot more effort when I was overseas, but now I'm back they really don't seem to care!
Of course, I know people's lives move on and I can't expect things to be exactly the same as when I left. But I find it odd and quite sad that I managed to keep in touch with them a lot when I was away, only for it to fall down when I'm actually here. I keep trying to make plans to see each other or just exchange messages, but I'm getting very little back.
Anyone else experienced the same? Do I just accept they've moved on? These are friends I've had for most of my life and so I'll basically have to start from scratch if they aren't keen to be friends again 