I Found Them!
By Darcy Nemo
@YrNemo (20261)
June 5, 2018 6:01am CST
I have often thought about some old colleagues who worked with me 2-3 decades ago every now and then. Facebook didn't seem to give me anything when I did some searches based on their names.
Today by accident, I found some of them from checking the 'Friends' list of another friend. After checking their profile photos, I know that those on Facebook are all well.
What next? (I am asking myself!) Some were very sweet towards me in the past, and I am half wanting to catch up with them, but the other half of me think, 'what for?' (shrug!)
I have been smart enough to hide all relevant details from my Facebook profile (even my name) from the general public and only share my private details to very close friends or friends from my same old high schools. (Those former colleagues could have got my details easily from other colleagues whom I am still in contact, but they don't so far.)
Oh well...
Are you 'Friends' with most of your old high school mates, former workmates etc on Facebook or on other social networks? Do you keep in touch with many of your old colleagues after leaving a certain workplace?
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20 responses
@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
5 Jun 18
I am Freunds on facebook with all of them as we have a group in facebook of our old school from elementary to high school. College friends? I have them too. We don't really use the social media to keep in touch with each other. As friends, we have our phone numbers. And though we aren't as close as we used to anymore, when there are some gatherings, we still meet and when one needs help, we're just a phone call away.
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@toniganzon (72285)
• Philippines
10 Jun 18
@YrNemo I havne't attended a single school reunion.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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10 Jun 18
@toniganzon I can't so far due to one reason or another. Then again, what am I going to talk to them old classmates? (Some searched for me, visited me in person, and tried to flirt (the males). Their reason: I used to be their idol 
. Nah, I was not striking or anything, just that I was their old and ancient captain who did not play with young children 
.)
. Nah, I was not striking or anything, just that I was their old and ancient captain who did not play with young children .)2 people like this
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
10 Jun 18
I am friends with a few not so close friends but mostly it is my current friends and people I go to church with or to the YMCA with or Mylotters.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Jun 18
i usually did not have time to do so till now so it is likely why i can not find a lot of them. i did find a friend from over 40 plus years ago. about 2 yrs ago. through a cousin of mine. on FB. you don't even have your state listed here. on FB i do have my maiden name listed also in case someone knew me earlier
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Jun 18
@YrNemo i have my friends hidden on there now if they are not your friend also already, you will not see them. FB has changed a lot of things. you just have to know how to work it
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@YrNemo (20261)
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10 Jun 18
I was naive at first, searching for old friends from old schools etc with my full name (maiden surname and all). THEN my facebook account was hacked as many other's back in 2009 or something similar, we ended up receiving junk emails from supposed friends' email addresses. After that, I had to change how my name should look on FB, also changing the email address & setting for this or that to no sharing but only to friends.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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11 Jun 18
@bunnybon7 You are right. (I am hiding from many who I don't know very well .)
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We can only see those who are already our friends.
(I set mine somehow so that only my friends could see me.)
@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
7 Jun 18
i had a get-together affair with some of my high school classmates. about 6 years ago, we had a grand reunion from elementary and high school years. college, not much reunions, though we had get-together with 3 other classmates.
i do not accept friend requests from classmates that are not close to me before and now.
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@ridingbet (66857)
• Philippines
8 Jun 18
@YrNemo me too. somebody from Qatar sent me a friend request. she seemed to know me fully well. i did not accept her request.
later, i learned that she is the daughter of a late household helper that we had during my first year working in the secondary hospital.
i still did not accept her request.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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8 Jun 18
Facebook has a habit of making it like some people wanting to 'friend' us, (and vice versa). I found out later that we were sort of pushing towards each other by Facebook, especially if we have some mutual friends there. (I ignored quite a few 'friend' requests that way. I didn't really know them, and I don't think they really knew me either years ago.)
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
5 Jun 18
Yes but not all of them.. we regularly chat with each other.
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@Jessabuma (31700)
• Baguio, Philippines
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo Ohh that's sad to know..
We should really choose our friends.. hehe!!!
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
11 Jun 18
I am Facebook friends with quite a few people from high school and a few old colleagues but not close friends on a personal level any longer. In many ways, it is a shame because I had a few good high school friends that I should be in more contact with but I am just not interested. My life is totally different from theirs.
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@Shellyann36 (11385)
• United States
15 Jun 18
@YrNemo Several people I went to high school with actually live in the same county as me now but I just have no interest or desire to hang out with them. One girl really does try to get me to come to her parties and such. I just never do.
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
10 Jun 18
I am friends with some, but not all. Sometimes I don't want to deal with ex- colleagues or bosses. :)
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
10 Jun 18
@YrNemo I just leave their friend status pending :P And ignore.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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10 Jun 18
@infatuatedbby 
(I am doing that to some stranger right now. He kept asking to be friend with me. I guess it is because he wanted to see my friends' photos. Lots of them are quite beautiful. I had friended with him once because I thought he was a police guy who was a friend to my little sister. I found out that I was wrong. He was just some guy who collected beautiful looking gals from FB as friends - so I stopped being 'friend' with him since.)
(I am doing that to some stranger right now. He kept asking to be friend with me. I guess it is because he wanted to see my friends' photos. Lots of them are quite beautiful. I had friended with him once because I thought he was a police guy who was a friend to my little sister. I found out that I was wrong. He was just some guy who collected beautiful looking gals from FB as friends - so I stopped being 'friend' with him since.)1 person likes this
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
11 Jun 18
I am in my 60s but I still have a couple of old classmates on my facebook. I don't see them now but it is lovely to keep in touch as they have similar memories to me.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
13 Jun 18
@YrNemo Yes they feel it more because they are in the public eye. That's why so many have plastic surgery.
@YrNemo (20261)
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13 Jun 18
@sprite1950 I feel sad whenever I thought of beautiful actresses and models now turn into dry plums. It is OK for me to be aging since I am just an ordinary human being, but those beautiful people! Why?
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
10 Jun 18
I'm happy you found your old friends - If it strikes you you could add them. The worst they can do is ignore
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@FayeHazel (40248)
• United States
16 Jun 18
@YrNemo Ah, that's a shame. I often wonder why controlling men seem to get that way right after marriage
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@YrNemo (20261)
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17 Jun 18
@FayeHazel oh no, in this case, the wife is real in love and sweet to her husband. He is her senior by aobout 10 years while she is from an old and traditional Italian background (submissive wife etc).
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@popciclecold (35024)
• United States
11 Jun 18
I am glad you found them, I have a few I use to work with, that I stay in touch.
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@YrNemo (20261)
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11 Jun 18
That old company of mine, had about 200 fulltime workers. Many of my good friends retired, some passed away etc. I am still in contact with a very few.
@Freelanzer (10745)
• Canada
9 Jun 18
I have no high school or work friends on Facebook I only use facebook for family.
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
10 Jun 18
Yes friends with my school friends still...For the rest , college and university some of us have been in constant touch but only as a small group.
Not much into fb
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@responsiveme (22926)
• India
11 Jun 18
@YrNemo I prefer WhatsApp as chatting between closed groups
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