i hate to say out of sight, out of mind, but unless i have a really deep connection with someone, that's pretty much how it goes
Interesting how this thread has such a consensus on this. I too feel like it. It's not that I don't connect, it's just that it is very ok for me to just leave people behind, for example if I feel the connection is lost. There are some people who I connect with now and would not leave without a very good reason, but it has happened before that I just felt like there is no reason to try to contact someone, and I didn't.
It is strange that a bunch of "people people" have this issue in common... Any idea why? For me it is maybe that I so much need that feeling of connection that if it isn't there anymore it is like the only reason for seeing the person is lost. The relationship starts to feel like work, and why would I actively seek that? I sound like an asshole, yeah, and I sometimes feel like it too, but still... it is my life and I feel like it would be a burden for me to try and keep in touch with people I don't connect with.
And yeah, I can leave important people behind too, but I do try to stay in touch. It may not be so often as they would like, though, but that doesn't mean I don't love them.