Ah yes, facebook has sucked me in and made me it's bitch. It's true, I've been chatting with some very old friends lately (kindergarten to high school old friends). It is very strange to me, as I'm a firm believer in the "If I didn't care to keep in touch with you, then why do I want to talk to you now" mantra. I kept in touch with those that were close to me and the rest of us just went our separate ways. We went to different universities/colleges, moved to different cities/countries and started lives without one another.I am slightly curious to find out what happened to the guy I walked home with every day for 7 years, or the one who's pool I used to swim in after school. I have years and years of memories with these people who are now virtual strangers to me. I wonder if I would get along with them now? Would we have the same views, ethics, morals? I wonder if a reunion would prove disastrous or would we start right back from where we left off?
One gave me his phone number and wants me to call "anytime day or night," another suggested going out for a beer in the next few weeks. I'm treading lightly at the moment and won't be calling anyone anytime soon, but going out for a drink to catch up is not entirely out of the question. Any thoughts on this??
PS: the answer to my question last post .... Lips. I love a nice full set of lips on a man!!
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Facebook wears my shit out! There are so many bells and whistles I am too tired to even figure it all out. Annoying! Anyway, give your old friend a chance, but maybe give him your home number only so he doesn't have your cell? lol
Facebook or any other internetland socializing confuses me. To what degree am I actually friends with these people. There are reasons I didn't try to keep in touch with some people.
And Sleepers was a really good book and movie.
Speaking of reunion of sorts, I ran into an ex-girlfriend twenty minutes ago at Tim Hortons.
I would perhaps invite them to a party, but no one on one beers unless they were at one point one of your top 3 friends!
I think you're mantra is a good one as I always figured I was still in contact w/ the people I cared about.
But if you "tread lightly" and meet in public places, then why not? It can't be that bad - or maybe it can - but at least it could be funny.
JLee, i'm not a fan of all the facebook applications and scrolling down 5 thousand things to get to someones wall. As for the #, no way haha,he's not getting it.
WIGSF, well you know who your real friends are and which ones are aquantinces, people you've seen once type of thing. How's the old flame doing :P (yay sleepers)
BB, I was thinking of either trying to get the 4 of us out for beer together which would make it less weird, or i'd go with the one guy one on one, the other two i'm not so sure.
I am inclined to say that you should not disturb old memories. Let bygones be bygones. The reason I say this is that you have certain memories. Your relationships with these people can never be anything like what you had in the past – good or bad. So you will basically be tainting your own past.
Do not travel in time.
I have been told I have luscious lips.
Nice pic.
She was chatting up some old fogey at the Timmys. I didn't stick around to get more details.
Amen on the lips! That's my fave too... well, the whole mouth really ;) I'm also a stickler for nice teeth.
I have the same philosophy about "If I didn't keep in touch with you I don't really need to talk to you now." And, to be honest, I don't remember people well. A lot of times people will remember me and I can't remember them at all. But there are a few people in my past I'd like to talk to again if only to see what happened to them (actually, I don't want to talk to them, just hear what they're up to without making actual contact with them). I'd like to know what happened to my old best friend... I'm guessing her life is a train wreck now. And I'd like to talk to my high school boyfriend who had a brain tumor to make sure he's still doing okay... but I wouldn't want to start anything back up. So, I guess I'll just let the past stay in the past.
I had an old friend contact me (we were friends from Kindergarten to grade two) and she was like "oh my god I've been trying to find you, you live in Vancouver? I would love to visit!!!"
She's still on my list but I just never wrote her back....eeek. She added my brother too and he was like "who is that?"
Yrautca, yes I do agree with what you've said though it may be nice to see one of two of these people.
Wiwille, thanks!
WIGSF ah yes I read your blog.
SS, ah and teeth, I also check out the teeth!!
Rawbean, yay that's kind of weird. I at least spoke to these people within the last 9 years haha.
Bells & whistles could be a problem.
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