My Friends the Stranger

I've met many people like this! They are little sparkling bright spots in the tapestry of our lives. I like to think that when I meet someone like that, we each give the other something special.

Being an Ex Army Child, then an Ex Army Wife yes I have met many and they went again There have been a few that I regret not knowing better, but there are many I was happy not to see again if I am really honest

That's happened a few times with me. It doesn't happen often so it's sad when we drift. Looking back and thinking about the people this has happened with, it seems they were there when I needed that type of friend. One man in particular gave me the confidence to go to college. We were quite close friends for a while but he moved to a different job in a different area and we lost touch. It's just part of lifes rich tapestry. We're not about to lose touch are we?

Yes, there are friends that i have met on the net that i wished i had known better. I have been on here for quite a time now, and yes, i have met different kinds of people and friends. There are a few though, that i really miss and hoped that i have known much more and better before i lost contact with them. I really love making and having a lot of friends and i cherish everyone of them, that includes you, dear friend.

Yes, unfortunately I have had that happen to me also P1key, isn't it strange how sometimes you just meet someone by accident and have an instant bond with? Must be kismet or something! I truly feel that our life is planned out somehow and nothing or no one we meet happens by accident, it's just sad though, if you subscribe to this theory, how those people do move out of our lives just as quickly as they moved in...just not meant to be I suppose!

it really happens. I have college friends that i no longer get connected with. I appreciate really friends that i met in music groups. I miss them all because most of them have migrated to the states. and even though we dont communicate much, i still send them local goodies here that i know they surely miss eating. I know they are very busy people and always on the go. It is my way of saying i miss them a lot.

I have met people and tried to get to know them better also. They never took the time to get to know me though. I am glad that some of them left as fast as they came in because they used me.

Hi p1ke, there have been peole that I have met and really 'bonded' with and also got to know but circumstances seem always to of 'taken' them away and wwe have lost a really lovely friendship. Thing with me is that when I make a good friend I am like a leech and stay friends, it is just a shame that they disappear for some reason...hugs LoLo

No, it is not just you. I think everybody has ever experienced this. Well, people meet people leave. But if you refer friend, it's not easy (FOR ME) to call someone as my friend, especially someone who I just met. It takes me time and 'ability' to decide whether he/she is my friend or not. Just like you wrote above, 'I really regret not getting to know better', so do I. Maybe because I enjoy making new friends every single day. =)

A couple of Jungian therapists, Tad and Noreen Guzie, wrote a book about psychological type and archetype, and they suggested that this phenomenon comes about through two factors occurring at once: first, a similar or complementary archetype (e.g. Father/Mother, Seeker/Sage, Warrior/Amazon etc.) which encompasses shared values; and similar or complementary psychological type, which translates as shared communication style. It comes as a sort of instant recognition from subliminal cues. Lash

Yes there are some passing memories. Some persons I met for a while.They attracted me. But I never found them again.

Yea, I meet people all the time that I feel I'd probably get along with better than the people I hang out with everyday. I guess that's just how life is.

I have met up with people at the pub just a few times never to see them again and wished that i had got to know them better as they seemed to be a good laugh and they were nice girls.The way i look at it is maybe another time i could bump into them again and get to know them better and then arrange a regular meet up some where,i do hope i do see them again.

IT is a fast paced world we live in and i think sometimes people need to slow down and just take the time to get to know each other. I happens to me all the time that after i know someone for a short time and then because of situations they are on with their lives, i wonder how they are.

Oh yes, I meet people like that all the time! The people who know me say that they felt like instant friends with me when we met - I believe it has something to do with having an open personality. The more open you are, the more people will take to you. I've met many people in lines, at playgrounds (parents become instant friends, especially if their kids all play together), or wherever. I like to think of it as a nice slice of life . . . some people I'm better off knowing only just that much of them - hee hee.