At the point where I was farming friends solely so I could convert them into experience, I started questioning myself.

ages may differ but our stories are all so similar maybe the age isn't what matters.

"And 2 broken hearts to stop being a teenager? And the only way to get experience is by losing friends."

i'm not sure i directly relate to this either, but it really doesn't sound too crazy or unfamiliar.

I guess it means that moving on usually requires leaving friends behind, and not that experience requires some kind of drama or even explicit un-friending. But the presentation makes it seem like losing friends causes gaining experience instead of the other way around.