I got to talk to an old crush last night!

@TheHorse (218846)
Walnut Creek, California
April 1, 2022 1:36pm CST
I had a crush on her in Jr. High. At our Jr. High graduation dance, I asked her to dance. She got mad and thought I'd only asked her because Andy (my best friend at the time) has told me to. I realized in that moment that she liked me too! This was 50 years ago, but I remember it like it was yesterday. I had dreams of having an honest-to-goodness girlfriend, and a pretty one at that, at only 13. Then I got the news. Her family was moving to Cincinnati. I never saw her again. My High School friend Allen and I have been going down memory lane recently, and he has contacted some of our old friends. He encouraged me to try to find her. I did. She's a Professor of Rehabilitation (still trying to figure out exactly what that is) at University of Hawaii. I left her a phone message. She emailed me back. Last night we talked on the phone for two hours. We relived the old memories and also spoke of what we're doing now. She's a cool gal! I hope we get to do it again. Will I ever visit her in Hawaii? I've actually never been there. Who knows? Have you ever caught up with someone after decades? In this case it was someone I hardly knew.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
1 Apr 22
Most law professionals don't consider stalking is "catching up with old friends". I'm glad you had a good visit with her and she didn't turn you in for stalking. *DE wipes fear sweat off his brow.* At least we don't have to bail you out of jail this time.
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• Mojave, California
1 Apr 22
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Apr 22
She seems like a really cool gal. I hope we stay in touch. Wait. Gotta answer the door. Oh oh. Why would the police be here?
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
1 Apr 22
@TheHorse I promise, it wasn't me that turned you in! Is @vandana7 lurking around your discussion somewhere?
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@much2say (55606)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Apr 22
Awwwww . Yah, who knows what might happen after this phone call ! I caught up with most past people on Facebook - but not on the phone. I think I would be so embarrassed to talk to guys I liked back then .
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@much2say (55606)
• Los Angeles, California
1 Apr 22
@DaddyEvil Omg - I would just die ! I never let them know . . . I just secretly had these crushes .
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
1 Apr 22
@much2say I won't tell them, then.
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@DaddyEvil (137259)
• United States
1 Apr 22
They'd probably be honored to know you thought that well of them back then.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
1 Apr 22
Oh, those middle school crushes. They do remain in our minds, don't they? I did catch up with one. Interesting.
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@celticeagle (166976)
• Boise, Idaho
3 Apr 22
@TheHorse .......Nervous at first. Funny how people change.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
@celticeagle And funny how our emotions don't change.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Apr 22
What was the catching up like?
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
4 Apr 22
That's really nice to know you are able to reconnect with her. I hope you can meet her personally again
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@averygirl72 (37845)
• Philippines
4 Apr 22
@TheHorse Sounds great to me
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Apr 22
I hope so too. She sounds like she enjoys some of the same things I enjoy.
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
4 Apr 22
@averygirl72 Even if we enjoy conversations and never meet again, it is good.
@xander6464 (44245)
• Wapello, Iowa
2 Apr 22
You should go see her. Hawaii is awesome.
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@xander6464 (44245)
• Wapello, Iowa
3 Apr 22
@TheHorse I hope it does. Do know how to play the ukulele?
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
It could happen.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
@xander6464 Well enough to fool an XX.
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
2 Apr 22
My first love and boyfriend all the way back in high school became my friend on FB and I was glad he had found his love and had a family. Not glad both he and his wife had MS but then that is how they found each other through a site. Proud of him when he went and got his university degree because he had not done so and finally sad when he got cancer and now is gone and we were born in the same year. I wonder if he might catch up to my soul mate and perhaps have some chuckle on my behalf I would like them to meet, Perhaps up there is has already happened,
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@RasmaSandra (79858)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Apr 22
@TheHorse I have heard it said that it is like stepping over the threshold into another room except that room is no longer here on Earth,
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
@RasmaSandra I am OK with that.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Interesting story. I hope we all get to laugh at our antics here in the next plain. Or is it plane?
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
1 Apr 22
Good memories for sure. I once met a friend 12.5 years after the seniormost class (class 12) of the school. It was a good moment. We had been in touch after that for at least 9 to 10 years. In your case, any chance of a Hollywood style "Old Romance Rekindling"?
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Heh. Not sure. But I could see us doing some hiking and kayaking together. She's very outdoorsy, like me.
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@ptrikha_2 (46951)
• India
4 Apr 22
@TheHorse Well I hope that overall it's good for both of you!
@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
2 Apr 22
Yes, I have. I passed out of my school 30 years back and found almost all my classmates a few months back and it was fun to talk to them about the old memories. It's always a pleasure to find out old friends.
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@sjvg1976 (41281)
• Delhi, India
5 Apr 22
@TheHorse yes they are all fine in their life.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Are most of them doing OK?
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
5 Apr 22
@sjvg1976 I am glad to hear that. Some of mine are doing well.
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
2 Apr 22
High graduation dance 50 years ago??? I think you are messing up dates and numbers I do not believe you are over 70. I found my ex boyfriend on facebook, I only had a look at the photos he posted.
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@LadyDuck (471506)
• Switzerland
4 Apr 22
@TheHorse NO, I did not contact him, I know that my husband would have not at all appreciated, I was just curious to see how he looked now.
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
You didn't contact him? I wrote JR. High dance. I was 12.
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@askme123 (6150)
3 Apr 22
Did you get to see a picture of how she looks now?
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@askme123 (6150)
5 Apr 22
@TheHorse Based on your comments it seem like you still have a crush on her. If she was available would you date her?
@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Yep, she's pretty easy to recognize. She's quite athletic. Maybe we'll get to kayak together some day.
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@JudyEv (339975)
• Rockingham, Australia
3 Apr 22
I caught up with an old flame too quite recently. He used to board at my grandmother's and we'd play simple piano duets together.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Oh, that sounds like a great way to relate!
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@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
1 Apr 22
I had a boyfriend, at 13 years old. Willie was the only guy I'd considered marrying! When he went back to Houston, I never saw him again. A couple years ago, I went through Facebook and found that "Bill" is a happily married grandpa, who lives in Oklahoma:) His family photos are beautiful!
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
1 Apr 22
Did you get to chat with him?
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
@kobesbuddy I'm glad he remembered!
@kobesbuddy (78882)
• East Tawas, Michigan
2 Apr 22
@TheHorse I just sent him a hello and then he said hi, to me:) Yes, he did remember!
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@Babino (5759)
• Morocco
1 Apr 22
Yeah I did that a lot lately.. checked up on my old crushes and finally made a move. It's crazy how when I was young I was so afraid they won't like me, and now I'm so afraid I won't like them. And guess what, I didn't.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Hah! I've had the same experience! I'm more afraid that they'll bore me than that they won't like me.
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@Babino (5759)
• Morocco
4 Apr 22
@TheHorse glad to know I'm not the only one. Tho it's not really their responsibility to entertain you, they can be boring you should entertain yourself. I just hope they're interesting enough.
@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
1 Apr 22
Wow this is great. Maybe you can visiit her in Hawaii one day.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
@CarolDM Thanks, Carol.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Apr 22
That would be wonderful. We've been in touch again today.
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@CarolDM (203422)
• Nashville, Tennessee
2 Apr 22
@TheHorse Happy for you.
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@GardenGerty (160665)
• United States
2 Apr 22
No, really, I leave my past buried.
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@kaylachan (69714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
1 Apr 22
I'm not that old yet. But, a few years, I ran into an old who graduated high school a year or two before me. We lived in the same complex for a couple years before she had to move out. I moved out a few months later.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
Did you have a decent conversation? Any desire to stay in touch?
@CinnamonGrl (7084)
• Santa Fe, New Mexico
1 Apr 22
I've found some old friends from Jr. High and High School on Facebook. And a few former co-workers. I keep looking for old buddies from my first job and am having zero success. It frustrates me because I'm very hard on myself for letting myself get out of touch with people.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
I'm glad me and my friend Allen have been yapping away lately.
@wolfgirl569 (106271)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Apr 22
I have a couple of times. Glad you looked her up
@wolfgirl569 (106271)
• Marion, Ohio
2 Apr 22
@TheHorse Yes it did.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Apr 22
@wolfgirl569 Good to hear. We have a different perspective on things when we're "older."
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
2 Apr 22
Did it work out well?
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@thelme55 (77061)
• Germany
2 Apr 22
Wow! That’s great that you were able to talk to her for 2 hours on the phone. Maybe you can visit her in Hawaii in the future.
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
It's actually in the realm of possibility.
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@carina75 (188)
• Romania
2 Apr 22
It happened to me too, with the boy I first fell in love, although I had never admitted I was in love with him, at that moment. After 20 years we met in a social network and we laughed about it, so he heard for the first time I was in love with him....funny thing ...he told me it was the best I did not said anything, because he was a bad boy at that time (I liked bad boys) and I was a good girl...so ....
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@TheHorse (218846)
• Walnut Creek, California
3 Apr 22
I'm glad it worked out for the best.