Friends Reunited

[johnriley1uk]

I'm not really into looking backwards, much preferring the present and whatever the future has to hold. However, Hazel eventually persuaded me to sign up to Friends Reunited.

Sure enough a couple of people have made contact, from my primary school days. Amazing. One tells me that I used to "hold small children enthralled by tales of glass roads and giants" and I'm amazed that anyone remembers the stories I used to make up to tell the class. That was so long ago....

The whole thing is quite surreal and I'm not quite sure how to react to it.

[Fez]

i dont see the attraction. everyone i want to know i am in contact with. the rest are just strangers; i dont want to speak to anyone from the past anymore than i want to be penpals with charles manson.

[johnriley1uk]

I wouldn't be quite so severe as that Fez, but in many ways I agree with you. Don't revisit the past for the sake of it. It's gone.

Meeting even a close friend from many years ago it's only a matter of hello, how nice to see you, have a good life and cheerio....things move on.

[Fez]

nostalgia is heroin for old people!

[mr_e]

Is it true that it's now free to contact people? Not that that's going to have me running back to it...

[Mike]

It is now free you are not wrong! I am not that bothered by chasing up old friends. It is sort of weird when people contact you on facebook from yesteryear. I guess it's nostalgic but pretty harmless.

[Andy]

I signed up a few years ago but only to the University section as that was the part of my life that I virtually enjoyed every minute of and have some excellent memories from. I find that facebook is an easier mode of interaction though. I have old friends from High School but they have become acquaintances now.