Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder: True or False?

The summer before my freshman year of college, I was a perfectly content 18-year old. Through a variety of emotions; a power struggle with my parents, the anxiety of moving cross-country for college, and the stress of my full-time retail "adult job", life was good. Another major part of life then is my best friend, B, who lived in Detroit. Despite our separation and opposite gender, B and I had been best friends since high school. B had always been frustrated by out separation, but myself, being the independent woman that I am, never had a problem being apart. My opinion was just that B was a very sensitive guy and needed a few more friends.

Fast forward to sophomore year of college. B and I go to colleges that are located across the street from one another and usually see one another several times a day. We see one another a pretty regular bases at school, so much that we started to get irritated with each other. But these past 2 weeks of summer have been harder than any other time for me. Everyday I have found my self teary-eyed thinking about B, and I have been secretly plotting on how to get back to my school's city quicker to be near him. So my question is, does absence really make the heart grow fonder?

I think that the response to this age-old phrase is yes. Too many times, as people we become selfish and too rapped up in our own lives to be thankful for those around us. B is always there for me when I need him, whether it is to drive me to run an errand or just to talk to me over the phone if I cant go to sleep. Now that B is not in my face and available to me when I need him, I am starting to truly appreciate who he is to me and what he adds to my life. Now, I find myself stalking B over the phone and on the Internet. I've also recently told him thank you for everything he had been doing for me that I had not taken the time to appreciate early. The lesson of the story here is to make sure to let those around you know you value them. And if you aren't sure you value someone? Leave them for a little while, and the answer will come to you instantly.