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[CLKD]

I was raised in a village with few children.  The school was 3 miles away so we were bussed there and back.  I have vague memories of 2 pupils at that time.  In the early hours I often wonder what happened to many of my peer groups in the various situations I found myself in whilst growing up.

2 I need to say 'sorry' to .........  . Difficult as I don't want to bring back memories that they may have forgotten.

Then there's the internet ........ full of interesting topics, groups, news, fake news, 'photos of cats doing silly things  as well as unreliables. 

A few friends have reconnected via e-mail,  most of those had kept in touch with letters and C.mas cards but 2 get regular updates is lovely. Plus it's easier to send 'photos these days down the line. I have pen friends in the US, Oz, Manilla .......... and FaceBook pops up the occasional re-union.  I did have a friend in Scotland who disappeared  and yesterday, some1 not heard of for 5 years, messaged me :-).  But with sad news 

I have a friend who is in her mid-90s who is no longer able to write to me but I send messages via the Manager of her Care Home, not as regularly as I ought to [note to self].

How much do you all keep in contact with people that you wouldn't bother to write/ring as often? 

[CLKD]

 .  no one here has real friends then 

The 1 in Scotland, well that's a puzzle ........ she was here for a few years, joined about the same time as I did. 

[jaypo]

I left all my friends behind in Aberdeen and slowly but surely I've lost touch with most of them,my friend of 45 years phoned very rarely now too but I guess their lives move on. I don't trust very much so I only had a handful of real friend,the rest were work acquaintances.
Thanks to this site I now have Jill and it's like we've known each other all our lives,two peas in a pod and always there for each other 
And of course my virtual friend....clkd

[CLKD]

   .......... I have been the person over the years to keep in touch with everyone.  I loved writing letters so it was never a chore.   .

[C.C.]

I have kept in contact with 2 of my best friends from high school, only through FB mostly.  I have no one from my University days that I have kept up with.  I consider the friends that I met through running/walking to be lifelong now, we all met 10 years ago. We message, FB, text, etc. on a daily basis.

[jaypo]

I dare say if I was on FB I may have kept in touch more

[Ju Ju]

Thanks to lockdown I made the effort to email friends that I only bothered to send Christmas cards to for years. It’s been lovely hearing back from them and their news. I’ve been exchanging old photos with college friends. We were so young then! I don’t bother with Facebook anymore.

[CLKD]

Oh weren't we: so young.  So naive.  We survived though  and what was important in my teens paled into insignificance by the 1990s.

[jillydoll]

Aww Jaypo, you've made me ☺️.
It's true tho, we just clicked didn't we? And I don't click with many people.
We were friends in a past life. I'm sure of it. 😃 x
( she was a pain then, and still is) 🤣😂🤣😂

[CLKD]

 

This morning a friend, not often spoken with, phoned to tell me that her Mum has died  .  Aged 94.  We were kind of thrown 2gether due to our parents being in the same industry  . We pick up where we leave off though, however long the gaps have been.

[jaypo]

Some bloody mate you are you old tart 

Aww shame about your pals mum 

[CLKD]

Yep I thought that she would last for ever   

[jaypo]

But hey, I hope I live to be that age 

[CLKD]

Unless we have medical problems   

[jaypo]

If I get to that age I'm going to drink lots of alcohol and smoke cigars