[Javus]

Have you ever gotten back in touch with someone who for awhile was out of your life, like maybe an ex or even friend? And I don't mean like they moved far away and you couldn't keep in touch. I mean for some reason or other the both of you were just out of each others lives and suddenly for whatever reason you got back in touch with them.

[naoto]

Yup. only we had a fight and it lasted 5 years, and we had classes during this time and saw each other but never spoke.

I just missed the friend part. Even though she did a lot of terrible things to me, I missed the good times and jokes.

[nightz]

Well... distance was a factor for me...but I fell off the face of the earth for a while. I was doing my own thing and people were trying to contact me during that time, I just wouldn't have it. But when I came back, I did meet up with them again...it's just its not the same. Of course, I'm just talking about my friends. I wouldn't do the same thing to my ex's.

[screamxlove]

There are times when my ex and I don't speak with each other for months to even a year, but whenever we do, we talk like nothing's ever changed. He's the one that contacts me, though. I never do, for some reason, but yeah. All I know is that, despite the history between us, we can always talk without feeling awkward or anything.

As with other friends... It's... just awkward. I don't know. My former best friend, I can't imagine talking to her right now without feeling the urge to yell at her or something because of what happened I remember one time we didn't talk for three months, and when we did, we were still the best of friends. But the second time around... It was the end.

So... hm.

[Rainbow-lotus]

this is a good post.... cuz i dunno how to "get back" with my friend again...

she dated my ex..... and they broke up.. and she went to japan...

and now she goes to the same university as me.........

i dunno how to get back with her..

[BoAFriend]

Freshmen year of college really tore me apart from a lot of people. Honestly though, some of the people I voluntarily decided to not keep contact anymore. I do miss the memories and times I had with those people, but ...I just can't see myself being around them anymore - they're too different.

If the chance does come along to get back in touch these these few specific individuals, I'd be willing. But not with 100% of my heart

[ssulja]

actually yes, girl i knew in hs, were pretty good friends (never had serious serious convos with, but had lots of fun)
went off to college, didn't talk to her for 2 years
she messaged me during break last year and we started talking again
met up, kept in "decent" contact this time, and became really close
now going to go ask her out even though it's long distance

[~Sw33tz~]

To me, some friends are those to keep around forever, others, no matter how hard you try, you can't keep it.
I have had instances where I was very busy, and I didn't have the time nor the ability to forever be there every day to chat, to ring and to meet up, I was physically and mentally tired, I did lose a good friend just because we couldn't keep in contact (ie, talk every day), it just got to the stage were we are now awkward when we meet or see each other. I seriously thought good friends were not the type that you need to chat to every single day, some of my closest friends now I only see once or twice a week, or not even for months, but we are still as close as ever. So it just showed me that some friendships are just meant to be there, no need to tire yourself out to keep the friendship.

Whilst other friends, it could be years without much contact, or our lives just went onto different paths and everything, but we just meet again at some place by accident, hit off and act as if all those years were nothing, we caught up within days and are now best friends again. Just that some people are just meant to be in your lives, and others not. It makes me feel a little better when I think back to the times I spent with those friends whom I am not that close anymore, it may be just that we don't have the fate to be extremely good friends.

[witchery]

Hmm yeah...there was this friend I was pretty close to a while ago, and then we stopped talking to each other. She didn't use msn but used Facebook and I use msn but I don't use FB lol. And then one day out of the blue, she just randomly called me up. Apparently she was going through all the contacts on her phone and calling them up. It was so awkward haha

But I really wish I could get back in touch with the people I've drifted apart from. I don't know how to do it without being awkward.

[juicejuice]

Yeah...been there... it is quite weird though... we were in primary school, we weren't the best of friends, but we were good friends. They when to a different school for grade 7 to high school and to university. I wouldn't have met them back if I didn't meet a mutual friend of ours in my university strangely enough. Now we are good friends again. Hopefully not losing touch again.

[vip_gd]

yes, but it didn't last long.
the comfort level between each other isn't as close as before.
everything is different. so yeah .. i feel sad sometimes.

[NYCgurl]

so i have this one friend...
& i have to say that he's very important to me... even after we broke up. (:
and we've gotten in touch a few times recently (it's been around half a year since we've split) and it's as if nothing's changed.
the chemistry and jokes are still there... maybe our timing was good, but i feel so comfortable with this person, even though we didn't talk to each other for such a long time.

i think that if you've had a true connection with someone, it will never be awkward or strange to call them up or talk to them after being MIA. most of the time, that chemistry that started that friendship can be rekindled.

[Regina Rae]

Ya. I used to be really really reeeeeally good friends with this guy. We did something together everyday. He was my best friend. But then we had this stupid argument (Seriously, it was dumb) and we didn't talk for like 4 years. 4 loooong years. But about a month ago, a friend of mine & his convinced me to give him a call. And of course we just started being friends again, like nothing had ever happened xD It's awkward now. Speaking with him and seeing him after all this time. We both have changed so much.

[chifuni]

Yes. Have you ever had that REALLY close friend that you'd do everything with? It was in 7th grade. We had all the same classes. Eventually, we started talking and becoming really close. We talked on the phone for hours, went to each other's houses, slept over at each other's houses, went everywhere together, did everything together, told each other everything. It came to the point where when someone didn't see us together, they'd think it's weird. When 8th grade began, we didn't have the same classes anymore. She gradually became close with another girl who was in her class, and we started getting into more arguments. I, at first, was a little sad, but I held it in. She'd ditch me to hang out with the other girl and then sometimes called me by the other girl's name on accident. Then came to the point where she invited me to go play some badminton. When I went, she totally ignored me. I was shocked, because she was the one that invited me. Having no one to play with, I walked home. I was so angry, I wrote a message to her online about how I felt and told her that the only reason that she invited me was because the other girl didn't come and that I was just a "replacement". She told me that maybe I was. Then I became so angry and started saying things I kept in for so long. I told her that she could hate me if she wanted to. And she told me that she doesn't hate me, but she does feel disgusted sometimes. By this point, I didn't want to speak to her anymore.

At the end of the 8th grade summer (maybe 3~4 months after the argument), she IMed me out of the blue and told me that she was sorry and that she missed me. I accepted her apology. She then transferred to my high school to be with the other girl. I became kind of a loner then, because my other best friend went to another high school. I spent my lunches in the library doing homework while listening to my ipod. We slowly became friends again, but we weren't close because she had the other girl. By the end of freshman year, I became friends with the 'other' girl. We weren't close, but we were pretty good friends. In the summer, the other girl moved away to another country. And in sophomore year, we became close again.

We are now close friends. But sometimes, I don't really see her in that kind of light anymore. What she said to me in the argument so many years ago hurt me so much. I can never ever forget those words that cut me.

[AoiAi]

I was really close with this guy and then... we didn't talk to each other for half a year or so. I finally decided to start a conversation with him and it was awkward at first, but it got better. ^^ We're not exactly friends anymore though. More like.. acquaintances.

[shhmaiim.]

i lost touch with most of my primary school friends,
purely because we moved to different schools.
but now i'm starting to talk to a lot of them again, and it's good, i missed them.

[Angxizzle]

Yup, and it's nice to see get back in touch with people. My old best friend from elementary school, we used to be SUPER close then stop talking for a year because of something that happened but now we are becoming good friends again. it's nice to get back in touch with people, i like that feeling of no mater how long you've not spoken to someone when you guys see each other you just CLICK like before.,,.

[CJos]

Yes, but it can be difficult and awkward sometimes. Especially so if it's an ex. You don't always know what to say and wonder what they are thinking. For me, part of the issue was I wasn't really over him and I didn't know how he felt about me. If this is an issue for you, check out this article about Signs That Your Ex Still Cares and it may help you to find out.

[xrhapsody]

Yep! It's a great feeling

My friend Mikey and I have known each other since I was 15 and he was 16/17. We didn't really talk back then and he moved to NY two years after we met. Fast forward to the future! I'm almost 19 and he's 20 and we're business partners as of July. We now do a freelance art collab. and I just stayed over his house in NY friday-monday. It's great to get back in touch with people

[freshman11]

yeah i did with one of my junior high school friend i enjoy hanging out with her its cool i think.