Have you lost touch with a friend after the school was over?
By bumba1988
@bumba1988 (1220)
India
April 14, 2009 8:39am CST
Well,I still remember my school days and the moments that I shared with my friends there.I am now into my college but those days are still in my mind.I regret that I have lost my touch a lot of friends after the school was over.Not with all,as some were close to me.But,I do not have any contact with a lot of others.I wanted to ask you all that do you miss your friends with whom you are not in touch?Share your views.
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29 responses
@Clareyu (9)
• China
15 Apr 09
I'm a freshman now ,and I'm very happy that many old school friends often send short messages to me or some telephone me since we left school.Because we are far from each other ,we cannot often make a phone.But I have to admit that I have lost touch with many friends,even those close ones in school.In fact,I think those friendships are the purest in our life,and we should cherish them.However,we ourselves have our own work to do everyday,maybe we really don't have so much time to contact every one.But we can greet them from time to time and let them know you still remember them .When we spend our vacation ,we gather together to enjoy ourselves.
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@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi Clareyu,this one was surely a very good response made to this discussion and it was very nice of to respond at the first place.I had to rate it as a good one.You still are in touch with some of friends and that is definitely very good,some are not even that much lucky.Happy mylotting.
@ILANEDRI19 (278)
• Israel
14 Apr 09
Yes, I have lost contact with many friends that I have in high school. I didn't do it on purpose, it's just happend. We all got recruited to the army, and the connection between us has lost.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi ILANEDRI19,thanks for responding back to this discussion.It is great to know that you serve your national army.I wish you best of luck.How do you get time to be here in mylot that is a curiosity I have.However,take care.Happy mylotting.
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@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi ILANEDRI19,thanks for responding to this discussion which I started and showing your interest.Well,you are from Army right?So,that is indeed great.I hope you re-establishes your friendship with some of the lost friends soon.Take care.Happy Mylotting.
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@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi bows280,thanks for showing your interest and responding to this discussion.I miss both of these two things the friends as well as the school days.But,yes for sure I miss the school memories more.Sometimes,I think of a reunion but that may be spoil those good memories.
@mssunloved (175)
• United States
14 Apr 09
I lost track of my high school friends since I moved to another state! but thanks to facebook and myspace I have gotten in touch with them all again. We email each other everyday sometimes a few times a day a few phone calls here and there. the internet how fun it is LOL
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi bows280,thanks for responding back to this discussion.Yes,sometimes for your higher education or job,you need to shift to some other city(Sometimes even other country) and it is very hard to tolerate.Though,you have mentioned and succeeded in maintaining relationship with your friends through social networking sites so that is good.Happy Mylotting.
@kissieme (777)
• Philippines
14 Apr 09
Hi bumba
I'm sorry that you had lost touch to some of your friends, getting into college sometimes does that.
When I went to college I still kept in touch to my besties through snail mails lol but after a few years since they got busy with studying and so was I, we weren't able to do so. I wasn't able to get into any of the reunions either till some of my classmates in High school went to other countries either for a job or to be with their families who live abroad. Even up to now we rarely talk but the only difference is that we can communicate easier through the internet. We try to send out msgs on a website that we are all members of... you might know that. But yeah, they have their own families and work to attend to most of the time and I'm too busy at work, too... But we do try because keeping friendship is important to people's lives.
Maybe you can try asking some of your common friends on how to contact your other friends. You can try asking their current emails so that you can all converse through it when you all have time in between studies or on vacations...
hugs... much luck to you... Happy Easter!!!
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi kissieme,thanks for this good response that you have made to this discussion.Yes,e-mailing your friends is a good option to stay in touch.Though I am happy that most of my good friends still near to my home.So,I can visit them or they can do the same when we have some time to spare.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
14 Apr 09
Hi kissieme,thanks for responding back to this discussion.You just mentioned HS.Did you mean Higher Secondary by this?Well,then you must be a student of West Bengal board?Am I right?Are you really from INDIA and to be more specified from WEST BENGAL?
Happy Mylotting.
@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
15 Apr 09
I do, very much so because the new friends that i have in college are soooo UNLIKE my old friends...I think it's because of their age and that they're matured and all so most of the times, i miss my old friends and the crazy, whacky fun times that we had. Because everyone is so busy with their own stuff now....We hardly go out and have fun yer know...But we do still keep in touch...you know like chatting and those stuff...ohwells, i guess it happens...
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
17 Apr 09
Hi mira91,thanks for responding back to this discussion and helping me to enrich my discussion.Well,I support what you feel for your old friends but you know I believe it sometimes good to try to get along with new people and that will make you a lot more experienced.Happy mylotting.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi mira91,thanks for responding to this discussion.Well,chatting and social networking sites are good ways to stay in touch with old friends with whom you cannot meet very often.I also do this.But,why do you think that your college friends are unlike you?
@mira91 (985)
• Singapore
17 Apr 09
Like i say, maybe it's because of their matured thinking or maybe they're just not like me. Maybe their definiton of fun was just different than mine? Ahah, maybe i have grown accustomed to my old friend's whacky habits and attitudes that adapting to a new one seems strange and just different yer know...^_^
@cruise212 (13)
• China
18 Apr 09
Ye,i have such an experience.After my graduation from college,i fell my cellphone and broke it.From then on,one of my best friends disappered from my side.Now,i have lose contact with him for almost five years.Fortunately,i found his imformation from the alumni,and i left my QQ and phone number.I really hope to get contact with him.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
18 Apr 09
Hi cruise212,thanks for your response to this discussion.I am really sorry to know about your experience.It is really very bad to loose your best friend.But,why did not he or she come to visit you in this mean time?However,I hope your best friend soon makes a contact with you,so that you two are re united again.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
16 Apr 09
yes, i have been in touch with my friends even after school was over.. and even now that we are working for 7 years already. :) i guess it was just the communication that is important.. always keep in touch. i have not been talking with few of my friends i have made in highschool and even in my college days, but those are the friends whom i am not really close with.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi chiyosan,thanks for your response to this particular discussion and showing your interest on this topic.Well,yes you will not prefer your not so good friends to stay in touch with other than the good friends.The affection that each other share matters most and you two seem to have that in your friendship.
@paulw33 (297)
• United States
15 Apr 09
well yes i do miss some of my friends and sometimes i find them here and there if you want to find them well not all the time but you can go to some social networks my girlfriend has found several of her old friends and some other people have to you can use facebook or search on myyearbook or myspace there are lots of ways out there that are free you don't have to pay for the social networks and this is a great place to try and fin them if you want to but anyways good discussion
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi paulw33,thanks for showing your interest on this topic and also responding to it.Social networking sites are definitely one of the best revolutions that the world is watching and enjoying due to web 2.0 and it is indeed good tool to stay in touch.
@handsomeitaliano (1050)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Yes I have it was after junior high school, 8th grade, my best friend since pre k and i weren't talking because something that hurt him in junior high, we didn't talk for months. He just killed himself last year.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi handsomeitaliano,thanks for responding to this discussion.I am so sorry to hear this.I hope your friend's soul rest in peace.It is really one hard experience to cope up with.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi rizzu87,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest on this particular topic.Well,I am still in my college and not on my University level as yet.Anyway,it is natural that you will lost some of the old contacts.That is hard to digest but we have to.
@rakesh284 (1472)
• India
15 Apr 09
Well it has happened with me in the past.
I also lost contact with some of them due to busy college life and also because of shifting.
But some of my school friends are still in touch with me through internet and mobile phone.
After this lesson I am always meeting my college friends even after completing my graduation.
So at least I don't have to regret about it in the future.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi rakesh284,thanks for responding to this discussion.Well,it is so good to see that you are working so hard to stay in touch with your old friends.I really appreciate your decision,yes it is better try to do a thing than later regretting for not doing it.
@gallantman (105)
• China
15 Apr 09
there're quite a few friends I lost contact with. I can't find any way to get in touch with them anymore. I really miss them too much. Especially for those girls I once liked so much but never had I confessed to with my affection on them! If the god would like to give me another chance to turn back the time, I think I would definitely cherish the opportunity and show out my affection clearly.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi gallantman,thanks for responding to this discussion.Why were you hesitant to propose to those whom you love!I feel sorry for you.I hope that you meet her soon enough and can show your affection towards her.I hope she accepts as well.Best of luck.
@HelloMickey (1655)
• Hong Kong
15 Apr 09
You still have chance to keep contact with them. Don't regret later! Contact them right now!
If you are still in contact with some old friends, maybe they know some of who have lost contact with you.
I have lost touch with some of friends for almost 16 years, it is a bit difficult to keep in touch with them again, but you know, if I insist to show them my sincerity to keep our friendship, I think we still can be friends again. But I am definitely busy at the moment with my business, so to keep contact with the lost-touch friends maybe a bit impossible to me right now.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi HelloMickey.Thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest in this particular topic.Yes,it works like a spider.You get in touch with some of the old friends then you have some other due to the earlier ones.It is good.Happy mylotting.
@aefrosa (74)
• Portugal
15 Apr 09
Unfortunaltely I must say that I lost contact with most of my school friends. It's really strange that people that are close do not make an effort to re establish some contact. In the modern society where there are many tools for communication, it seems people get isolated from their friends. I miss some of my old friends.
Nowadays most people need to work hard and there is few available time for our family, kids, there's always a lot of things to do at home...when we have time we go to watch TV, or something like that.
I feel responsible as well for losing contacts with my school friends.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi aefrosa,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest on this topic.I really appreciate your eagerness to stay in touch with old friends,but you cannot stay in touch with all of them.Do not blame yourself for lossing the connection.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi subha12,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest.Yes,it is always good to see your old friends again,but still those old memories cannot come back.Even if you all be together again,it is hard to get back to those times.Happy mylotting.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
15 Apr 09
Yes, I have. I even lost touch with some of them before I finished school due to moving a couple of times. As I ended up going to a different school than they did I lost touch with them. But thanks to the Internet I have reconnected with several of them and am looking for more.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi sacmom,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest on this particular topic.Anyway,social networking is good to re establish your connection with long lost friends.You are using it in a good way,take care.Happy mytlotting.
@brisk123 (2823)
• India
15 Apr 09
I missed my old school friends and our old school days.I am still in touch with some of them and few are my very good friends but lost track of other friends since I move out from my town to a city for my job.I don't even have their contact number or any email addresses to keep in touch of them.I miss them too.School days was the best days of my life.I miss my old teachers,my old school buildings, our school canteens etc.Whenever I go back home,I always visit my old school.It makes me feel good cherishing the old school memories and friends.Good day and thanks for the post!
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi brisk123,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest.Yes,it is not possible to stay in touch with all the friends,Even if you be you cannot bring back those school days.One always cherishes his or her school day memories for sure.
@gxyywhyzy (450)
• China
15 Apr 09
I lost too,but many of them were live close to my village.at most of time we all together with playing basketball.so It doesn't matter whether lost contact with them.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi gxyywhyzy,it is good that you are still in touch with your old friends as most of the prople are not that fortunate.You are lucky that you even can play a game with all of them.That is even better.Thanks for responding to this discussion.Happy mylotting.
@vivianchen (2646)
• China
15 Apr 09
Hi Bumba, i was graduated from college 2 years from now. I already lost contact with most of my classmate. But we have our own community, so if you want to find someone, you post a question there, so one from my class who is close with that classmate will pass his/her information to me.
But since we have primary school, middle school, high school classmate, i still lost a lot of their contacts. Sometimes feel sad about it.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi vivianchen,it is great to know that you people have formed a community for re establishing earlier contacts.But,reconnecting with all of the friends is nearly impossible,even if you find some old friends it is good enough.Is not it?Thanks for responding anyway.
@roboid (205)
• Romania
15 Apr 09
I am happy I've lost touch with my ex-classmates. I wasn't one of them. They had a differnt lifestyle than me. They were boring and they didn't want to be an unite class. Everybody was on his own and that is why we've lost touch with other ex-classmates.
@bumba1988 (1220)
• India
16 Apr 09
Hi roboid,thanks for responding to this discussion and showing your interest on this topic.You are quite different with your views.One different form the others.Why do you feel your ex classmates were not like you?Had you ever tried to mix up with them?