Have you ever reached out to somebody you knew in childhood/high school/college?

Eirin

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If yes, how'd it go? Was it a friend, a crush, some rando you regret never talking to?

I know this forum is filled with dinosaurs so I included college.
 
Yeah all the time. Haven't done a random yet I think but definitely a friend and crush.

I think it's all based on what your intentions and hopes are. I'm sure something positive can come from every reaction if you see the good in it.
 
In terms of people I hadnt spoken to in 30 years, not really except for occasional hellos or hbday on FB. Had a great time at a high school reunion not long ago which I caught up with people and we added each other. But nothing hardcore in terms of discussion.

The only real weird situation I had was I knew someone since grade school. Never been a close friend or anything, but when FB popped up everyone was adding everyone. And of course you'd get everyone saying hi to each other etc...

The weird situation was this person sent me a private message maybe a year later asking if she could borrow money. Hadnt spoke to her since high school. I ignored that message like it never happened.

Then on a totally unrelated note, about 5 years later at work someone asked me if she could borrow money off me too. She said she going through a divorce and needed money for lawyers or something. I said no and tried to play it cool saying I'm tapped as I do real estate investments. Barely even knew her as I was pretty new to the company maybe a year or two on the job.

WTF. It's like people think I'm a bank or something.
 
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I know this forum is filled with dinosaurs so I included college.
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I did when the internet became popular, Id not seem some friends since ten years as Id moved town. Nothing came from the conversations though, just exchanging pleasentaries. Wasnt worth it.
 
I've thought about it but I realized I really don't have much to say even if I did. And I'm not about to stalk someone I haven't communicated with in 20 years to see if we still have anything in common after all this time.
 
yep, last time i did this, was with a girl who i use to liked, she was married with 3 kids, and her, another few friends and myself, all met up for drinks

she looked ropey as fuck now, but always led me on in school, but i was perfectly pleasant, and a gentleman, never brought it up or anything, and her being married, that is highly inappropriate

anyway fast forward a few weeks later, and i get invited out to meet her again, with my mum, and her kids, to meet at a xmas market, and have a few drinks, really nice evening, meeting her kids etc etc, in my eye all perfectly innocent, even met her husband, and made him feel like the alpha, since it was his domain (wife kids )

that same night see starts messaging me, asking weird questions, and being very inappropiate, and told her to stop and never replying to her flirting. it was even more unreal since id just been cheated on by my wife, so all this was close to home, i screeshotted the messages, in case she tried to say it was me

and she messages the next day, apologising and asking me to lie about it all in case her husband ask, at that point i blocked instantly and never looked back

long story short, i wont be meeting up with old school friends in the near future
 
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yep, last time i did this, was with a girl who i liked, she was married with 3 kids, and her, another few friends and myself, all met up for drinks

she looked ropey as fuck now, but always led me on in school, but i was perfectly pleasant, and a gentleman, never brought it up or anything, and her being married, that is highly inappropriate

anyway fast forward a few weeks later, and i get invited out to meet her again, with my mum, and her kids, to meet at a xmas market, and have a few drinks, really nice evening, meeting her kids etc etc, in my eye all perfectly innocent, even met her husband, and made him feel like the alpha, since it was his domain (wife kids )

that same night see starts messaging me, asking weird questions, and being very inappropiate, and told her to stop and never replying to her flirting. it was even more unreal since id just been cheated on by my wife, so all this was close to home, i screeshotted the messages, in case she tried to say it was me

and she messages the next day, apologising and asking me to lie about it all in case her husband ask, at that point i blocked instantly and never looked back

long story short, i wont be meeting up with old school friends in the near future

Mad respect for dealing with it like a man.

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I've got a few solid friendships that I've spent the last few decades nurturing. I'm fulfilled on that front, so no I'd have no interest in rekindling relationships I've left behind 25+ years ago. I hope they are doing well but that's about it.
 
Im a dinosaur but i still have contacts with my core highschool friends.
I never reached out to them we just did not lost contact.
Once some girl i knew in primary school sent me an email, she saw my contact wherever and was curious as to what i had become. We exchange a few mails, and then she invited me to some big party which i did not attend since i did not know anyone apart from her and i had not seen her in almost 30 years :messenger_grinning_sweat:
We stopped talking after that.
 
If I ever go back there and see someone in a pub or whatever I'd say hi and have a chat but I don't use facebook and if I did I wouldn't be stalking them
 
I did this with good childhood friend I had. We pretty much separated ways as we grew older after our military service and had not seen each other in 20 years. I remembered hes steam name so tried checking if he is still on steam. Found out he was and send a friend request. Moving on invited him for a beer in town and it was cool as we continued from where we left 20 years ago. Been talking with him ever since.
 
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