Ethan Hussey recalls his time at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton school with his best friends Kevin Rudberg and Andrew Meyer. From getting a detention warning in 8th grade for singing “Amazing Grace” at lunch to the tons of field trips and vacations they have taken together, the three have an infinite amount of memories. After knowing each other since preschool the trio will now be off to Mizzou next year where they will all be living in the same suite and hope to continue the already strong and unbreakable bond they share, although they are not studying the same majors.
“All three of us are going have a great time living together,” Andrew said. “Hopefully we can join the same fraternity and stay together and do the same things that we’ve been doing.”
In college, the boys will not be participating in the same activities and some of the same classes as they do now. The boys will have to separate due to the different fields they plan to get into. Kevin hopes to be a doctor and is majoring in biology, Andrew is studying business and Ethan is studying computer science and software engineering.
“We’re not going to be in the same classes and see each other everyday like we have for the past 15 years,” Kevin said. “It might put pressure on our friendship, but hopefully it doesn’t change anything.”
Though the difference in studies may change their roles in the outside world, their roles in their friendship will stay the same. They still share many common interests, but their differences in things they like and personalities bring balance to the strong bond.
“Andrew’s always crazy, Kevin’s just a goofy dude, and I feel like I’m just in between,” Ethan said. “I’m the average one.”
The friendship started when the boys could barely talk to each other. The boys attended preschool at KinderCare and found each other when they were around 2 years old.
“I don’t know what made us become friends when we were such little guys,” Ethan said. “There was just that bond from the very beginning.”
After preschool, the friendship continued when they began elementary school at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton. They relied on each other and found new friends, but they were always the ‘three musketeers’. The boys started taking part in sports, such as soccer and baseball, and their friendship grew even more. Their common interests helped develop the friendship, and their athleticism was a hobby they all loved. The boys continued their interests in soccer in high school, all playing on the Varsity Boys’ Soccer team for the past two years.
“We all play soccer, and we’re all fun guys,” Kevin said. “We have the same personality and like the same things. We played soccer for St. Elizabeth for a long time, and we all hung out there and after school.”
Though every friendship has struggles, the three can’t remember the last time they fought. Occasionally they have disagreements, but none have been too serious; they always find a way to laugh it off. As the boys have gone through the changes of growing up, their friendship has stayed the same. New friends and girlfriends have come along, but the trio sticks with each other through it all.
“I think we’re still friends because throughout the years we’ve just been closer to each other through school, and we always hang out,” Andrew said. “I don’t really see anything breaking us apart either.”
The boys hope college furthers their friendship even more. At FHN, they grew from a group of boys with the same personalities, to a group of friends with their own traits. Kevin, Ethan, and Andrew all believe that rooming together in college will only strengthen the bond. The boys see themselves going different places in the future, with jobs and families, but none of them see their friendship ending. They acknowledge that new friends will come as they did before, but none will be just like their “squad” as it is now. They believe they will be best friends forever.
“We’ll always stay in touch,” Kevin said. “Hopefully we live by each other after college because I really do want to stay close to them. They’re my boys. For life.”
