How to find a friend

United States
March 30, 2009 4:25pm CST
Now that I am getting older I want to see the friends that I had as a child so I can see how they are doing. What is the best way to get in touch with someone from the past. Can you find someone that you have forgotten their last name? As good of friends as we were I can not remember his last name. I can tell you every feature of his face. I could tell you the sound of his voice and the way he laughed but I can not for the life of me remember his last name.
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@Pleiades (846)
• United States
30 Mar 09
With the technology these days, it's pretty easy to find people, as long as they want to be found. I'm part of two social networks, Myspace and Facebook and through those two, I've gotten in touch with a very dear old friend of mine and several others. The reason it's easy now because all you have to do in the "Find friends" page is type in either their names, emails, location, work, school and other few fields. So, give them a shot and see whom you can find from your past. Have fun looking! *Pleiades
• United States
30 Mar 09
I tried facebook and guess what I think I found him. I also found 3 cousins and a long lost uncle. I must say that your idea worked
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@Pleiades (846)
• United States
30 Mar 09
I'm so happy for you! Make sure to write out a list and see whom else you can find. Glad I could help and thanks for the BR! *Pleiades
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@ESKARENA1 (18261)
31 Mar 09
also get in touch with the school and check their lists this way you will have his name, you can then use other methods blessed be
@panmin (90)
• China
31 Mar 09
yes,that is true! sometimes we only recognize a person from his or her appearance.and we could not just remember his or her last name. maybe the shapes got more impressive by us than their actually names. i think we all want to get in touch with our old friend and sharing the old happiness days together with them! that is great! like me,i would like to ask several old friends to hang out with me when we all have spare time.but when we keep growing, our life would be busier than before and could hardly find out spare time to share the old happiness together! it must be exciting for us to meet old friends long time no see. after we talk to each other again,it would not be hard for us to recognise their names and keep them in mind for a long time. so,do not lose touch with your old friends just because you can not remember their last name.
• United States
31 Mar 09
I wrote him on what I think was his facebook and I am waiting for a response back
• United States
31 Mar 09
Facebook is one, myspace, myyearbook.com. I have found friends on myyearbook and myspace that I haven't seen in a long time. And as of now, we are friends on myspace. And there are other sites and ways to look up friends from the past.
• United States
31 Mar 09
I have to look people up with my job at chacha. I have became a member of myLife to service my clients better when looking up numbers and backgrounds. MyLife is a great site and you can look up an unlimited amount of people just for 7 dollars a month. I am hoping that it will be a boost to my ChaCha rating.
@ralphido (842)
• India
31 Mar 09
well.. now that you are here it wouldn't hurt to try your finds here and other social sites.. post something that your friends might still remember and recognize you .... you never know when you'll get lucky...:)
@mariposaman (2959)
• Canada
31 Mar 09
If you have forgotten his last name that is tough. The best way would be to get in touch with common friends of yours and his and get his last name. In addition to the social networking sites already mentioned, you can try classmates http://www.classmates.com/ It is a commercial site but it is free to join and search. -mariposaman
• China
31 Mar 09
what you said is very good.If two people are ture friends,after lots of years,you can forgotten you name.even do not remember his or her appearance,address,but i think you do not forgot his or her voice and feeling.long long ago.I have one.however,beacuse of both our parents.our separate forver.I am so sorry telling you my bad past events.hope make friends with you.
@ESKARENA1 (18261)
31 Mar 09
web sites have been set up specifically for this issue. Friends reunited works this way in the uk and seems to have had a measure of success
@yeyehua (49)
• Comoros
31 Mar 09
i am glad to know you now
@icegermany (2524)
• India
31 Mar 09
yes it happens to me that i have forgotten most of my classmates name. they werent my good friends but you can tell just classmates and i use to speak to them sometimes and i think that is why i dont remember them as i were not in contact with them and in this way there many people whom i have forgotten. sometimes i remember their face and no names and sometimes their names and no face. i have got in touch with few of my friends through the websites which connects friends or the knowing ones like the orkut.com and i think there are more sites like this where we can ontact and find soe friends. so all the best in getting your friend.
@mizstress (719)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
..try rummaging to your old stuffs u might find some contact informations from your elementary and high school yearbook.. ang ur old slumbook.. and if your lucky you can also find their contacts in facebook and in friendster..
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
Wow... this maybe difficult as it may think but I agree that our current technology will surely help you finding your long lost friends. Surely, the internet may have major impact to the communication now a days. They help us to reach our friends, relatives, business contacts and others through emails, instant messaging, voice calls, video calls, conferencing, and social networking. In your situation, social networking is the best way to find your long lost friend. Other networking site offers you to sort your criteria of searching by country, city, age limits, and even school attended and batch so that you can easily identify the person you are looking. If your not sure with the surname of the person your looking, try to browse your old alumni book if this is one of your classmates, if not, try to ask it to your parents, neighbors, relatives and friends, maybe they can still recall the names and last name of the person you are looking. And now search it on the social networking sites such as Myspace, Facebook, Friendster, Twitter, Multiply and so on. Goodluck for your searching...
@nitu1952 (286)
• India
31 Mar 09
we can find he friend on orkut where we can interact with each other
• China
31 Mar 09
I also want to find back one of my friends who I grew up together. Recently I get in touch with her,but I don't know how to tell her about my idea!
@lancerie (63)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
You may join some of social networks on the net. If your friends is also searching for you there will be way. There are so many site on the web that can help you.
@thaMARKER (2503)
• Philippines
31 Mar 09
i would also like to see my old friends. i was friendly when i was little i gues hahaha.. i make friends in all grade level. when we graduated, we all go in separate ways i think so after high grade school i never had the time to chat with them. maybe if i'll go back to my small town and roam around, i still can find some of them. i heard a lot of them got married..
@sanuanu (11235)
• India
31 Mar 09
I don't think I can now find some old friends from my school time. It has been 10 yeras since I lost connection with them. I don't think I can find then even if there is some social networking sites are available!