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Heartlander · 80-89, M
Hmmm, good question. There were a few.
It Looks like a couple of them are doing pretty well, but I haven't asked. I thought of asking, but contacting someone after 50+ years of disconnect may be an intrusion, something I figured out when I did make contact with old childhood or teen friends, both girlfriends and old buddies.
I did stumble upon one old-old girl friend on Facebook and said hi. That led to a half dozen message exchanges where we brought one another up to date on what we had been up to over the past 50 years. Just as I was feeling good about re-connecting with a old friend who was a dear old friend she just stopped messaging. The very same thing happened with an old high-school male friend. In neither case did I push the conversation and in both cases they were once very close friends.
I did make contact with my old college roommate after 50+ years and we picked up where we were 50+ years ago. He died just a few years after reconnecting, and I later received the nicest letter from his daughter, telling me how her dad had enjoyed our friendship and the fact that we had reconnected.
It Looks like a couple of them are doing pretty well, but I haven't asked. I thought of asking, but contacting someone after 50+ years of disconnect may be an intrusion, something I figured out when I did make contact with old childhood or teen friends, both girlfriends and old buddies.
I did stumble upon one old-old girl friend on Facebook and said hi. That led to a half dozen message exchanges where we brought one another up to date on what we had been up to over the past 50 years. Just as I was feeling good about re-connecting with a old friend who was a dear old friend she just stopped messaging. The very same thing happened with an old high-school male friend. In neither case did I push the conversation and in both cases they were once very close friends.
I did make contact with my old college roommate after 50+ years and we picked up where we were 50+ years ago. He died just a few years after reconnecting, and I later received the nicest letter from his daughter, telling me how her dad had enjoyed our friendship and the fact that we had reconnected.