Will you sometimes meet with your friends whom you haven't seen for years ?

Hong Kong
April 18, 2010 9:37am CST
Recently, I have been successfully contact with a good friend from the internet again.I have seen this good friend for 30 years.I knew her husband as well and they are in my city at the moment and I am going to meet them tomorrow.She is a mom of 5 now and I always treated her like a younger sister in the good old days.She reminds me of my good old days although those days are gone and people have changed a lot already.Well,what about you ?Will you enjoy meeting with your old frineds whom you have seen for a long time?Share with us.
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@magtibaygom (4858)
• Philippines
18 Apr 10
Well, not all of them. I enjoy meeting old friends who share the same passion and interests with me. Those who don't, never mind. I don't to meet them again and have a clash of ideas and views in life. The reason is, I am an entrepreneur building my own businesses. Those friends who are "employees" by their core values usually don't understand the core values of entrepreneurs. Whenever you meet them, they usually rebuke you with words "Why don't you just get a job?" or will try to discourage you from becoming rich. It happen not only with my friends but also with my relatives who are hardcore employees. I have an uncle, a hardworking employee, whenever I see him, he scorned me of "why not seek a title for yourself like attorney, doctor, or engineer? Being a businessman sucks, instead, become a professional like me with a title attached to your name!". Those are the words that are usually coming from my friends and relatives who don't share the same passion and interests with me, and I hate those words, and I am tired hearing those words whenever I see them. So it is better not to see them than to hear those words again. My uncle who is now a retired government railroad personnel is the most vocal about that. In my mind I am saying "Why would I follow his advice? If I follow his advice, chances are I will become like him". He retired from his job at the age of 65, but his employers (the government people) look like they have betrayed him. No more money for his pension. His employers have corrupted the budget of the government owned railroad. His pension from the Government Service Insurance System is also nowhere to be found because that too was also corrupted. The only thing that is left available for him is the pension from Social Security System which can hardly sufficient for his "aging sickness medications like for arthritis and hypertension". You see, these loved ones and friends, if I follow on their advice, you can see where I am heading, so I seek my own path. I don't want to see him for now, they will just try to discourage me and pull me down the sink with them. Maybe in the future when I have proven myself that I took the right path, I will love to see them again.
• Hong Kong
19 Apr 10
Hello,I have just met by old friend today and we have a good lunch together.Although it was still a quick lunch since she had to take care of something after and she would only stay in my city for just a few days,but we still happy to see each other since it has been a long time.Although our face are all different from our young ages,but still I can feel the friendship are still there.Well,nothing will be the same and people do change,but seeing an old friend is not a bad idea anyway.At least you know your friend is still alive and well in this world,I think that's good enough.Don't know when and where we are going to meet again.Maybe soon,maybe late or maybe never.Only God knows but it is good to meet some of your past and keep going for your future.Have a good day.^_^
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
20 Apr 10
I have few friends that I haven't seen for a very long period of time. However, now that I am getting a bit older, I am trying to reconnect with some of my friends that I knew when I was younger. In trying to reconnect with some of these people, I am a bit apprehensive, but I also think that it will be great because it will remind me of the life that I had before I was married and a mother of two children. Besides that, I really think that they would geta kick out of the children.
@monkeylong (3139)
• Guangzhou, China
19 Apr 10
As far as I am concerned, I think I will try my best to spare some time to get together my friends who usually far away from me. I thinkI usually miss them a lot during the days that my friends are not beside me.When they come back from home, I tghink I will just spare the time to meet with them,which I usually enjoy a very good time with them.
@RobtheRock (2433)
• United States
19 Apr 10
I think I would have a great time meeting with friends I haven't seen for years. Last week I went to my uncle's birthday party and had a great time talking to this guy I knew from grade school to high school. Most of my enjoyment has been on Facebook. I met a woman at my class reunion and we friended each other. She gives me information about this guy and that girl. I also found an old college classmate. Now I get IM's from both ladies sometimes and we have very delightful conversations.
@npadecio (161)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
Hey there! Yes, I would love to go out with my long lost friends. Maybe hangout somewhere to eat dinner and have few or several drinks while catching up with the good old days. :)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
i used to meet my friends in the net most of time..
• China
19 Apr 10
Hi. Actually i'm planning to meet one of my close friends recently. In the good old days, we did lots of things together like going to school or having fun after class. We had been in the same class for mine years. Then we went to different colleges and haven't met each other since this long period. When i returned to my hometown to work last year, i learned she was also in this city and even got married. I called her a couple of days ago and had a really nice chat. We made some plans to meet but both of us have been very busy lately and can't spare time. Anyway, we've already decided to meet as soon as we have available time.
@Samanthavv (1380)
• United States
19 Apr 10
Wow! I'm not even that old! I'm only twenty-one! I can't even imagine being friends with someone that long! The longest friendship I've had is with a girl I've known since I was in fifth grade, around 10 years old. So I've been friends with this girl for almost 11 years!
@jpso138 (7851)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
Yes, I will. That is very exciting indeed. It is really great to meet old friends once again and reminisce the old times and talk about life and experiences both past and present. There are times that I get a call from such kind of friends and for as long as I am free, then I would surely meet them.
@jd107nette (1454)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
of course! i would really love to meet up with them.. but that would perhaps be around 20-30 years.. my mom had a class reunion they haven't met each other for about 30 plus years.. and the reunion was really a party, according to her... if it was me, i suppose i would also meet up and have a good time.. reminiscing and recalling all the wonderful memories of our childhood and all that
@lindsiko (355)
• United States
18 Apr 10
I really like the idea of seeing old friends, but it tends to be really awkward the more time goes by. Maybe I've just become really antisocial since I got married.
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
yes, that is why i have my facebook because through this i can trace my old friends with the referrals of relatives and other schoolmates. there, i know that they are already married , have kids. even their life standard i can see it through this internet. we are always communicating each other even-though we haven't seen yet to each other.
@pwang41 (134)
• Philippines
19 Apr 10
recently i've been meeting my classmates/friends way back in my primary level. because of facebook we've been able to meet up and planned for a reunion. it has been 9 years since we've been together and it is really fun reminiscing those memories with them. seeing them after so long makes me realized how much i missed them and how big the part they have played in my childhood.
• China
19 Apr 10
Hello, nice to see you here. I' m pleased to hear that you will visit your friends who you have not seen for a long time tomorrow. Wish you have a good day. As far as i' m concerned, though 22 years old, i also made a lot of friends during my high school, university. Of course, there must be some friends i haven't seen for a couple of years, I' d like to visit them and talk with each other, telling our life experiences, it must be an interesting thing.Thanks.
@smileonstar (4007)
• United States
18 Apr 10
HI, wow... 30 years? your friendship is more than my age ... lolz. how cool. I love to keep my friendship this long but some of my friends never do that to me. I have one good friend, and I haven't talk to him like years but now... he online so, we talk and he remind me of old day
@jugsjugs (12967)
18 Apr 10
I happen to bump into a friend that i had not seen in years a few weeks ago and they have not changed in their personality,but we have both got older aswell aswell as have got married and had children.I think it is great bumping into old friends and catching up on things.Alot of my old friends have moved out of the area and we never get to see them,but thanks to facebook we send messages to each other all the time.
• Singapore
18 Apr 10
that is good i also have some close friend who i have known for quite a long time and whenever i am going back my parent house i also call them and we go out for eating and chatting ,that is great time for me .
• Philippines
18 Apr 10
Yes I do bump into them in the malls for no reason at all. Later on, we set up like paint ball games or even a game of basket ball weeks later. We all do enjoy these.
• Philippines
18 Apr 10
How will you know if you wont try?I remember when I graduated last 2009 and i went out to see a friend of mine whom I have not seen for almost 10 years and more..15 years to be exact, at first it was a bit awkward because I didn't know what to say because I feel a pang of aloofness due to lose of contact for decade but when we started to talk about the old days..ohhh!We never stop laughing at our memoirs together. It went out to be a very nice time together.ohh..it was so cool to talked about the times you were together and it felt great to be able to talked with an old friends again.It felt like the old times. One thing I have learned? once a friend will always be a friend no matter what happens, even still;you have not seen each other for long. If I were you, try it!There's nothing wrong with meeting an old friend, although it's true that people change but if you really were a true friend, you would definitely understand the changes she had and same way with you. GOD BLESS YOU!