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Have you ever caught up with an old, lost friend? What happened?

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2001

Answers

I tried to once. After a 2-year friendship, then a 1-year silence, we exchanged emails for about a month, before he never replied to one of mine. Ah well.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2001

Four years after I'd broken up with my high school sweetheart, and two years after I'd last seen him, I started speaking to him again. After a month of emails, and instant messenger conversations, I decided to go down and visit him (he lives several hours away) and ended up getting completely involved with him again. Not a good thing, as it turned out, though it seemed wonderful at the time. I think I'll be staying away from my old flames from now on.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2001

I love this topic. I don't really have anything constructive to add except Asshole! Slut! (Not yet, give her twenty minutes.)

Oh wait. You asked about old friends. Erm, does Golf count? I saw him today (along with Katie) for the first time in about an eon.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2001

Funny you should mention it. As we speak (er, I type), I'm conversing with one of my best friends from high school. After graduation, I totally ditched them (not purposely... I was having issues..), and we made up about a year later, but only really kept in contact by email or IM. Our friendships never were the same. We lost contact when she moved to Chicago for school and stuff. She's called me numerous times, but I'm a bitch and have never returned them. Right now, I'm talking to her on AIM. Sure, it's not the phone or in person, but at least we're catching up on things. I wish we were friends, instead of acquaintances (for you spelling nazis out there, yes, I fucked that up. Deal), but I don't think that'll ever happen. Sad really.

-- Anonymous, February 14, 2001

I got an e-mail back from the friend I talked about in my entry... He's in Savannah, GA, doing his grad work in Sequential Art (that's comics, to you and me).

-- Anonymous, February 15, 2001

I tried to catch up with a girl I went to school with years ago (when I was like 9 or 10. I'm 19 now). I thought it would be fun, but it was just weird. Obviously, back then, we were just kids. Now we've both grown up and we're adults. And we had nothing in common. We still exchange Xmas cards, but I think we both know that's all it'll ever be.

-- Anonymous, February 15, 2001

Okay, Jeremy. I embraced your challenge this week..and called up an ex boyfriend of mine that I hadn't talked to since last June. We go back about 7 years and still keep in touch a few times a year, but this time was an especially long period of no connectivity.

Sigh. He's still with Her. She doesn't have a ring yet, so there's still hope. :)

-- Anonymous, February 18, 2001