They never bother to say hi

Malaysia
May 18, 2012 11:21am CST
I have lost contact with my secondary friends for 10 years, recently I bump into many of them in shopping mall, I was the one who make the initiative to say hi, the rest of them I never want to say anymore because I am tired of making the first move everytime I see a friend. What do you think?
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13 responses
@GreenMoo (11834)
18 May 12
If you've not seen them for 10 years, I'd hardly call them friends any more.
• Malaysia
18 May 12
so you consider a friend must keep in touch always?
@GreenMoo (11834)
18 May 12
Not always, but ten years is an awfully long time. Particularly as it appears you are in the same area.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
24 May 12
You want the truth? I'd say people don't find you as very good friend material. You come off most of the time sounding like a princess and you complain a lot of the time as well. I would have trouble being friends with someone like that. As a friend though I would tell you the truth and then, if you continues to think only of yourself I would drift away and probably avoid you.
• Malaysia
25 May 12
I don't expect you to like me, I am coming here because I have a problem, after been sometime, I found that here is very fun place to be.
@Soniasony (1827)
• India
25 May 12
Good that you take a initiative,looks like you are the leader in the crowd :)..donot worry just have fun and enjoy .Some people are just too lazy or too reserved to make a move.They think what would others think about them or they would feel that you might have forgotten them.Come on they are your friends after all.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
22 May 12
For me, there are times that I'm afraid to say hi to someone because I'm not entirely sure that the person is who I think that they are. For example, I ran into a girl that I went to high school with two years ago at Wal-Mart and I knew that I knew her from somewhere, but when she said hi to me, and told me who she was, I was surprised to find out that she wasn't who I thought she was at all. So, I will only say hi to someone if I'm positive that they are the person that I thought that they were.
• Pamplona, Spain
29 May 12
Hiya wongc., Try not to let it bother you if you can although I know it can get to bother you to a point can´t it? Perhaps you have all grown away a bit and it´s hard for them to break the ice? I mean I don´t know them so I would not really be able to tell either. Me personally I have had work friends and their friendship has lasted much longer than the ones I had with so called best friends. It seems ironic but that is the way it is. I am oceans away from them but we still maintain communication between us not by phone so much but by letter and Christmas Cards. With my own Family over there I always have to be the one or should I say I always had to be the one to break the ice all the time. Does not hurt me so much as it did then. Just enjoy their company while you are with them and if you see them again great but I would leave it at that not to seek them out if they feel that way.xxx
@jkct02 (2874)
• Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia
25 May 12
Having the chance to study together and know each other is a fate that it was to be. Although separated after the school years, the school mates are still somebody who were a part of our lives. There are 1001 reasons why they did not say hi first or it was you who said faster. It is just a small matter. Don't take it too seriously. Just be yourself. Just do what you think is right. Don't be influenced by what others do. If you don't like what they do, chances are you won't do that too.
@marguicha (216342)
• Chile
18 May 12
I say hi up to 3 times, then I pass. The same thing happens when I invite someone: three times is the limit. Everything in life has to have a retribution. I don´t mean that they should do more than they can: what I need is that they show they care. If they don´t, they are not friends.
@gaiza12 (4884)
• Philippines
19 May 12
When I see classmates way back in highschool, I don't bother saying Hi to them, I just am too shy and afraid they might not be able to recognize me anymore. But, if they are the once who says hi first, that is the time I say hi back. Mostly this doesn't happen because I really try not to bump into them when I see them by far... I am not just the type of person who says hi and hello first.
@rkennedee (333)
19 May 12
It's not a bad thing if you were the one who says HI first. At least you have the courage to do this meaning you appreciate the people you bump into. Just think of it possitively. Maybe they are just hesitating if they're sure if it's really you 'coz you became a lot prettier that before.
@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
19 May 12
In the most time, it is me who take the initiative to say hi, and actually I don't really bother to do that. It's just, why not? In the most time, they were recognizing me and we started to talk warmly though. I just say that I need friend, and not say that my friends need me. Perhaps that's why I don't really bother to say hi first.
@HosmanF (92)
• Belgium
18 May 12
Good evening dear mylloter friend Wongchoiyee , well actually i am hoping that those friends of yours probably did not recongnized you anymore and probably they were hesitating to get into an embarassing situation ( i hope soo , but this is me always the naive and an optimistique ) , if the case is that they did recognized you and did not bother to say hi or at least a hand wave sign i think would of been the minimum and not try to pretend that you are not there and that outside is raining and they did not see you , because its pretty hurtfull , especially when it comes from and old friend . If that was the case then i hope you find better friends , aniway true good friends come in small number and they are verry rare in a lifetime , i am currently twenty five years old and have lots of friends but to be totally honest i have only two true friends that i see dailly and help each other every time we need eachother. I wish you a verry great evening dear friend. Hosman.
• India
19 May 12
Friendship is the one of the cutest relation in the world and you should create new relations and make sure that you don't break them for silly reasons like this. When you break a relation is it quite hard to get them back. So keep going[em]happy[/em. I hope you will have a very wonderful time with your friends .
@plekenut (365)
• Indonesia
18 May 12
If all of you are the ordinary friends then you should call each other with a 'shock greetings'. But if you are just knowing your face, those meeting just simple even nothing happen..