disneyfan90 Posted December 14, 2015 Posted December 14, 2015 I used to be somewhat friends with a guy many years ago. He's a family friend--his dad and my dad used to work together and have been friends for nearly twenty years. When I was a child, our families would meet up pretty regularly and so I can say that I was kind of friends with him and his brother. I can't say that we were super close as children, but whenever we met up, we had a pretty good time. That was in the past. As the years passed, his parents and my parents continued to meet up, but the guy and I just kind of stopped showing up to these family gatherings. In fact, I haven't spoken to the guy in nearly 8 years. I did see him about 5 years ago, but we didn't say a word to each other at that time. I have seen his parents several times this year though and I just love them---they have told me on multiple occasions that they consider me their own daughter. So just a few days ago, I was at a restaurant with some friends and I saw someone that looked a lot like this guy, but I wasn't sure if it was really him. I wanted to move a bit closer to confirm that it was, but that was proving to be difficult. That entire night, I kept wondering if it was really him and that I would've definitely gone up to say hi if I knew for sure. Before this day, the guy had never even crossed my mind, but now I'm finding myself thinking about all the fun times we had as children. I am friends with him on facebook and some other social media sites, and it crossed my mind that maybe I should message him to say hi. But I'm also finding this to be very weird, considering I haven't truly spoken to him in 8 years. I just don't know how I would even start the message! There are so many thoughts going through my head now such as, what if he thinks I'm strange for messaging him randomly? What if he doesn't remember me? I can be a very shy person and randomly messaging someone I haven't spoken to in years is just kind of unthinkable for me. I also don't want him to think I have any intention of dating him. I can see how he might think that I have that intention, especially with a sudden random message, but all I want to do is see how he's doing now. Should I start the message off telling him that I thought I saw him at so and so restaurant? Or is it better to just not message him at all?
shoplocal Posted December 16, 2015 Posted December 16, 2015 Hopefully you've messaged him by now -- why not? I had an elementary school friend who I randomly ran into on the street one day, and went home and befriended him on FB. Why not? It's nice to be able to connect with people who are a positive part of the past. 1
Countryredneckbae Posted December 17, 2015 Posted December 17, 2015 I have a friend that was also my cousins friend and I talk to them everyday. It doesn't matter if they are family friends or not. If you wanna talk to them again, send them a message, I have and i still talk to my cousins friend cause hes like a cousin to me. We all have someone from family friends that we talk to. Send your familys old friend a message. It doesnt hurt to try and get back in touch with them cause after a while you can caught up with them. 1
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