Ever reconnect with an old Freind?

[EL CORINTHIAN]

I had deactivated my Facebook one day and just sort of left it that way for years until last year when I visited family in Australia and wanted to keep a connection going with them through the website. It was only until the other day that I decided to skim through my Facebook feed out of sheer boredom and it had struck me that their were some awesome people that I completely disconnected with and it kind of hit me all at once.

I had two freinds from my elementary school days that were basically my best mates and after some time we sort of drifted apart and I became extremely anti social for what ever reason, it never really bothered me until I really thought about it the other day but damn.....I sort of feel like reaching out to them. I sent a Freind request to one and the other lives not too far from me and I'm thinking about calling him up.

What about you guys? Ever reconnect with old freinds? If so did you guys just sort of catch up and leave it at that or did you ever truly become chums again? I'm 29 and at this stage in life people are getting married and having kids so we are already losing are freinds in droves so it's hard to have that same cohesion as you once had.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Yeah I've not found it to be easy.

About the best success I've had was my elementary school best friend moved away, then he moved back in high school and we were best friends again.

But as an adult, I've found that once the ship has sailed, it's kind of sailed.

I think I grow and change fairly fast, so people that were great friends at one point in my life just don't seem that interesting at another stage.

But the one exception is friends that I never lost contact with, because I think as we're evolving, we make adjustments to like friendship so it can continue.

One you don't see someone for a decade, they're usually not the same person

 

[Bobby Boulders]

No. Never.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Yeah I've not found it to be easy.

About the best success I've had was my elementary school best friend moved away, then he moved back in high school and we were best friends again.

But as an adult, I've found that once the ship has sailed, it's kind of sailed.

I think I grow and change fairly fast, so people that were great friends at one point in my life just don't seem that interesting at another stage.

But the one exception is friends that I never lost contact with, because I think as we're evolving, we make adjustments to like friendship so it can continue.

One you don't see someone for a decade, they're usually not the same person

This is the general consensus from some of the people I have talked to. I mean when you think about friends from elementary it makes sense because they are literally different people in adulthood.

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

its easy to get in touch with old friends nowadays

Let me tell you something...In elementary school these people are not friends...so I'm not surprised they are like fuck off you can

 

[God_Emperor_Of_Mankind]

Yes and he asked me for money within 5 minutes of talking to him. I knew he had a prior drinking problem he got fired for too. Thinking that had something to do with it. He got recently married too which is why i wanted to reach out to him.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Yes and he asked me for money within 5 minutes of talking to him. I knew he had a prior drinking problem he got fired for too. Thinking that had something to do with it. He got recently married too which is why i wanted to reach out to him.

Yea that's not gonna end well.

 

[mommas homeboy]

How old are we talking about here?

I reconnected with a friend who’s 89 about 3 weeks ago.

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

How old are we talking about here?

I reconnected with a friend who’s 89 about 3 weeks ago.

Any age really. In my case I was freinds with these two people in elementary school. It's been 20 years to be exact.

How long did you not talk to this person for?

 

[therealdope]

Reached out to one friend on Facebook about 8 yrs and he didn't reply. Maybe he's busy with family stuff or embarrassed that things haven't gone well since high school. Hope it wasn't the latter.

 

[cmw43]

Didn't see my best friend from University for maybe 3 years and barely heard from him when he got a new girlfriend and got really into his job. He lives a few hundred miles away so it's not that easy to hang out.

We got back in touch now we talk daily, probably meet up every 3 or 4 months and I ended up being Best Man at his wedding.

 

[UFC=Pride]

Freind never but a friend sure

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Freind never but a friend sure

 

[ElKarlo]

Do it call the friend up. I'm 36 and have kids. There are tons of people I'll never see again. Wish I could stay connected better. Life makes it easy for you to drift apart

 

[Strange King]

old girls from highschool that i didnt bang and got to later on in life. Never tried to find an old guy friend. Thats gay

 

[ElKarlo]

old girls from highschool that i didnt bang and got to later on in life. Never tried to find an old guy friend. Thats gay

And posting on sherdog is somehow ok? You're in denial, and it isn't a gay denying river in Africa

 

[badascan]

Recently reconnected with my childhood best friend. Met him in 1st grade and were close till we moved in together at 23. I disowned him for various reasons after our lease was up and he spiraled into depression and had psychotic episodes but I had washed my hands and only heard about things from mutual friends.

We maintained mutual friends and years of distance washed away any animosity and we reconnected a few months ago. It wasn't weird and we did bring up the past for closures sake. We just continued as if we hadn't fallen out. It helps that we are each others peers and can have deep intillectual conversations.

Long story short, if you have any inclination to reconnect, do it...

 

[Strange King]

And posting on sherdog is somehow ok? You're in denial, and it isn't a gay denying river in Africa

sherdog is ok

 

[EL CORINTHIAN]

Recently reconnected with my childhood best friend. Met him in 1st grade and were close till we moved in together at 23. I disowned him for various reasons after our lease was up and he spiraled into depression and had psychotic episodes but I had washed my hands and only heard about things from mutual friends.

We maintained mutual friends and years of distance washed away any animosity and we reconnected a few months ago. It wasn't weird and we did bring up the past for closures sake. We just continued as if we hadn't fallen out. It helps that we are each others peers and can have deep intillectual conversations.

Long story short, if you have any inclination to reconnect, do it...

Finally something positive! I nearly gave up hope there.

 

[nostradumbass]

Until my last GF and I broke up, I literally had no idea what it felt like be friends with someone and then not. I've never "lost touch" with a a friend before.