the people i consider my closest friends: "older" friends i've known like 10+ years, "newer" friends i've known 5 years or less.

older friends that i see frequently: SEE, ILE
older friend i haven't seen in a while: IEI
newer friend that i see frequently: IEI
newer friends that live far away, that i keep in contact with: ILI, LII
newer friends that i probably won't see much anymore: EII, LIE
newer friend i can only take in small doses: LSE