When I was much younger, probably in my 30s, we moved 80 miles away from where we'd been living and I was shocked to see how many of my "friends" just faded out of my life. I wasn't prepared for that. Now I only keep in touch with 2 or 3 real friends from that town, and 2 or 3 from the next town. It's just how things work out. I am acquainted with oodles of people where I live now, but as I get older I find I have less time and energy to keep in touch with all of them the way I'd like to. Cultivating and maintaining friendships takes time and effort, and sometimes it just gets to be too much. I really value the people I've been friends with for 50 or 60 years, even if we rarely see each other now.
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That's a lot of time, you must have made genuine connections to last this long. I hope I still remain friends with my friends in 60 years 🥺