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Thanks for the insult and for explaining to me what fungible means.
Such superior condescension.
I think you insulted yourself when you stated that your friends are all "fungible". Again many of us form attachments with our friends. We enjoy them for their unique experiences, outlooks and approaches to life. We expect them to interact with us in the same way. Ideally we help grow from our interactions with friends. They support us at least emotionally and we do the same with them. Personally I view an inability or unwillingness to form such friendships as a serious deficiency to the point of being a pathological disorder. Obviously you see it as normal.
It’s realistic. Look at any thread on C-D. People come, people go. The person you meet today may be 10 times more interesting than the fantasy image you’ve created in your head of someone you knew 20 years ago. The person you meet today is here, now.
I know old people are prone to nurturing silly ideas and over-romanticizing the past, but it doesn’t have to be that way.
This is true if you're looking for a man. Women marry and their names change. If you know her brother's first name would help in the search. But not all had brothers. I have been looking for 3 women for years now and have been unable to find them. Even a retired NYC detective who had access to things I did not could not find them.
Every male was found using the internet or through another friend found there.
I've been able to find some women from my high school days by Googling their name as I knew it in high school and seeing them mentioned in their parent's obituary, often indicating their married name and sometimes the city they live in.
I don't use FB much but my high school reunion was organized through it. Wow some people have not exactly "excelled" after HS. Stunned at how many superstars ended up in menial jobs. A few cheerleaders turned out to be someone's "Stepford Wives." Had a football player with a history of domestic violence lose a fight badly, the other guy had a shotgun. Had a few suicides, a few die of cancer.
I do wish I could find some of the nutty characters I worked with in high school/college! The get rich quick schemes, the drug addicts blowing their whole paycheck the first weekend after payday. I'm sure they didn't turn out too good but I can rarely remember their last names.
I love catching up with old friends that were lost to time and too many relocations. In one case, a buddy and I picked up right where we left off in 1985 via FB. We'll make an east coast swing one day and enjoy a visit.
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