Have You Reunited With a Friend from Yesteryear?

Question

Leaving soon to go meet a former high school dorm mate who I have not seen since 1961 when she attended my wedding! How did you find them? Were 'things' still the same? [other than both have aged! lol]

It was WONDERFUL! Like the clock just stopped :-) She is still the same sweet person she was back then, even more so and her hubby was just as nice!...there were five of us in our dorm bay and now four of us have found each other [the first 3 I reunited with 4 yrs ago] We are all military brats and our bond is VERY strong. Thank you all for such heart warming stories! - and thank you for the compliments too [blushing here...lol]

Answer 1

Six years ago, an old friend found me. We hadn't seen each other since 1968, when we'd had a bit of a fling. Circumstances forced us apart, and we went our separate ways, married other people, had families, got divorced. Then in 2001, he looked me up using the Internet, because he was writing his memoirs and wanted to locate people who'd had an impact on his life.

Long story cut short ....we corresponded for a year via the Internet, first through long letters, then IM, then phone calls. Then I flew interstate to visit him, and we've been together ever since. Next Saturday we are going to be married, exactly 5 years after our first meeting at the airport.

We look older, but in our hearts we are just the same people. Thank heavens for his determination to find me ,and for the good old Internet which we used to such good effect.

Answer 2

I have just come across 2 friends, one from high school one from Jr. high. I have met up with the one from Jr. high and it was great. Had a wonderful time catching up. We had kept in touch through Christmas cards through the years and she recently moved close by.
My other Friend I just came across her address and wrote. She and her brother are both ill but she will be o.k. eventually. Her brother not so good. We had a nice talk got caught up on the kids and continue to email. I hope to visit her soon after the weather clears.
Sage being the kind caring person you are your visit will go wonderfully well. Have a wonderful visit.

Edit: Glad it worked out for yu Sage, knew it would.

Answer 3

i have found a sister that was put up for adoption. it was weird. she thought oh... instant family. but it takes time.

i also have found a old boyfriend 20 yrs later.. a high school boyfriend. we we dated way back and also 20 yrs later. almost got married. but didn't. not because of us but exs..

this christmas i got a card in mail from friend of 15 yrs ago. she wanted to know if it was me... and if so how doing and all. not sure where it is heading. but she seems about the same.

know right now in process of myself finding a friend. first i send letter to address last new. i looked on line and found what towns she lived at and the address had i wrote first a note with it address to "jane doe" or family or firend of hers.
then wrote a note inside explaining who i was and why trying to find. also an envelope with a second letter to her.
i also remembered her brothers name and searched him. i also wrote letter to persons with that name and address.

websites such as marriage, birth, even death could be helpful. i locate peole for part of my job

Answer 4

I have re-united with many of my old Air Force buddies thru Veteran's Sites as well as my own website. I eMail buddies all the time that i have not seen in almost 30 years. Had a reunion 2 years ago but couldn't make it as it was in Florida and time and money prevented it.

I wanted to go to Australia to see an old AF friend but he got a brain tumor and recently passed away... not even 60 yo.

Hope we can do another before more of us are gone.

Answer 5

I have succeeded in meeting up with almost half of my form from school, many of whom have turned the big 6O, so there have been quite a few parties to attend, and this has helped in catching up with others. Of course we have all aged, and its been wonderful to catch up and remonise with them!
It has made me appreciate how lucky we have been to make it to this age, and in still pretty good shape! There have been many who did not, or fell by the way side, very sadly.
Its also been so interesting to hear how they made out, what they did, how they got where ever they are. Like flowers in the wind. Aint life wonderful !? Happy New year.

Answer 6

I reunited with my best friend from childhood when my father died five years ago. She called and invited my daughter, my granddaughter and I to stay with her the week of the funeral. So when we went back 500 miles to my hometown, it was so wonderful to see her again after forty years. She had inherited her parents' home and I felt like I was truly AT HOME because I'd spent so much of my teen years in that house. It helped me get through burying my daddy to be with her. We still keep in touch. At Daddy's funeral my college roommate and I had a sweet reunion and one of my high school classmates was there. Daddy had taught both of us Senior English. I also reunited with three people with whom I 'd taught years ago. One was a pallbearer (he'd been one of Daddy's students before we taught together). Two years ago I found a high school friend's e-mail address on our school's website and I wrote her. We have kept in touch by e-mail almost every day since.

Answer 7

I fairly love acquaintances!!! and could do till the day I die!!! yet I doubt that they are going to do a action picture with the aid of fact from interviews it style of feels that no longer each and all the solid could prefer to with the aid of fact they sense the expectancy is purely too severe for a action picture and it may must be as a good as, if not extra suitable than the sequence that's annoying to conquer!! additionally i think of distinctive it rather is right down to the writers - with the aid of fact i think of they sense that's going to be left because it rather is. i think of if the solid have been to reunite it may be for a definite one-off episode or some thing celebrating ten years with the aid of fact the finale! or some thing like that...yet i'm purely guessing! :)

Answer 8

I haven't located, or tried, to locate any old lovers, but an old shipmate of mine was so easy to find on MY SPACE...I just typed her name in and BINGO there she was. I sent her an email...got an immediate response. She told me where she lived and her phone numbers. I passed the info on to 3 others that we used to hang with back in the mid-80's. I was going to call her the next day, but my wife couldn't wait. By the time we talked to her, 2 of the 3 (including one of my sons) had already called her. (she had become very close with our family). It really put a spike in her day.
I've been in contact with a few of my other old shipmates (mostly from my time in Antarctica and one ship which I made the fist reunion last year here in our home port...and the ship is sitting outside my warehouse at the inactive ships command) through various Internet venues (mostly, THEY found ME).

Answer 9

Yes, through the Internet I found old friends from 50 years ago. We were next door neighbors.

Answer 10

How wonderful for you! I did meet up with one of my best friends a few years ago. It turned out that we were living within a few miles of each other. Our friendship wasn't rekindled. She had decided to stay living her high school days forever and I decided to grow up and move away from the drugs.