Anyone Have A Friend Like This?

[BeachGirlFLA]

The cousin I was closest to growing up is a year younger than me. Because of various things that happened in my life, we lost touch twelve years ago. I found her on Facebook and I just talked to her for an hour on the phone and other than the basic catching up we had to do, it felt like we had just spoken yesterday.

 

[minniecarousel]

yes! My sister and I grew up with two other girls. We have stayed in contact all these years, but don't actually see each other often. So when we do get together, we pick right up where we left off.

 

[4nana]

Yes, I have a couple good high school friends, a few girls scout leaders I helped asst. troops and past day care parents. We talk about once or twice a year and it's such fun times like time stood still!!!

 

[Robmom]

Yes, I have a lot of people on Facebook that I haven't spoken to in years. It feels good to be back in touch again.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I found my BF from HS on Classmates.com. I went on there on a whim, just to see who I could find. Through many obstacles that should have ended my search without finding her, I DID find her. I sent a letter with my email address, she emailed back, and we have been in touch over email for over 6 years now. We had many parallels in our lives, one was that we married one week apart from each other.

We had lost track of each other over a falling out that happened almost 30 years ago. The last time I had spoken to her there was no email, cell phones, cable TV, etc. Very strange. She is an amazing woman and I am so glad I found her again.

I have also found a few HS friends on Facebook.

 

[ChrizJen]

It's SO funny that this thread should pop up!
I have a friend whom I hadn't seen since Freshman year of high school. We were very close all through grade school, but lost touch afterwards.
She showed up to my dad's funeral a few weeks ago!
She said that she had been trying to find me so that we could catch up. She happened to see my dad's obituary, and showed up!
This was extremely touching to me, because I have people with whom I've been friends for over 10 years who didn't even show up to the funeral. But she came, we talked for hours afterwards, and decided that we will keep in touch. After the catching up was done, it was like we never lost touch! It's pretty amazing!

ETA: I have a theory on this by the way...The friends we had when we were kids were just that. Friends. No strings attatched, just friends. Too often when we're adults, we let silly things (like money and who owes a favor to whom) get in the way of true, unadultered friendship. It's like kids just have this ability to be "pure friends". Kids are simply drawn to the other kids with whom they have something in common. I think that's why these friendships can usually stand the tests of time and distance. It's when we grow up and learn the "politics" of friendship that we lose sight of that...

 

[ClarabelleCowFan]

It's SO funny that this thread should pop up!
I have a friend whom I hadn't seen since Freshman year of high school. We were very close all through grade school, but lost touch afterwards.
She showed up to my dad's funeral a few weeks ago!
She said that she had been trying to find me so that we could catch up. She happened to see my dad's obituary, and showed up!
This was extremely touching to me, because I have people with whom I've been friends for over 10 years who didn't even show up to the funeral. But she came, we talked for hours afterwards, and decided that we will keep in touch. After the catching up was done, it was like we never lost touch! It's pretty amazing!

ETA: I have a theory on this by the way...The friends we had when we were kids were just that. Friends. No strings attatched, just friends. Too often when we're adults, we let silly things (like money and who owes a favor to whom) get in the way of true, unadultered friendship. It's like kids just have this ability to be "pure friends". Kids are simply drawn to the other kids with whom they have something in common. I think that's why these friendships can usually stand the tests of time and distance. It's when we grow up and learn the "politics" of friendship that we lose sight of that...

So sorry for your loss.

I recently found my cousin on Facebook. I haven't seen her since we were 12 (we turn 40 this year!). It was like I had talked to her yesterday - nothing had changed. My Mom and her Dad were cousins and sadly both have recently passed away. It was a great comfort to have my cousin back in my life after just losing my Mom. My cousin swears that "the cousins in Heaven" must have had a hand in us finding each other again after all these years.

 

[Candy30]

I have a friend that I am still close to. She lives in another state. We try to keep in touch but time passes by so fast at times. When we catch on another it's like we just talked yesterday. Our lives Parallel a lot!! She had her son 6 months after I had mine and I had my daughter six months after she had hers. Lots of other things too we have in common. Time seems like our only barrier.

 

[Evil Genius]

Yep. About a month ago I received a card from someone I dated 18 years ago. I emailed him and we talk on the phone frequently. It's an interesting mix of familiar and new.