So, I am just finding this whole Facebook thing so fun and so weird at the same time. For example, I was just on a few minutes ago and at the bottom of my screen a window pops up and one of my old friends is online and says (types)--hi tiff. Then we proceed to chat for 15 minutes. I have not seen or talked to this guy in almost 20 years yet here we are chatting as though not a day has passed since we last saw each other. I'm sure if I ran into him at the store or something it would feel more uncomfortable but with e-mail and chatting it's so easy to just pick up where you left off. I have been e-mailing here and there with old friends and it is like no time has passed. We've each lived our lives for 20 years and really know nothing about the other person's life but we just start chatting like we saw each other yesterday. So weird. And fun. I e-mailed with my first "boyfriend" yesterday. I "went with him" for about 12 hours in middle school. He asked me to "go with him" at a party and I said yes and then was too scared to talk to him at the party and then called him and broke up with him the next morning. I think he has forgiven me. He's married with four kids. Susan--are you reading this? Leslie? Susan and I spent the night at Leslie's after that party and she and Leslie made fun of me half the night which is the main reason I had to call and break up the next day.
Anyway--Has anyone had this similar experience of years just melting away and feeling so comfortable and even connected to someone from so long ago? I've been able to "find" some friends from college who I had lost touch with, lots of friends from high school, and even an old childhood friend. I haven't had any virtual Starbucks drinks given to me lately. Or any real ones for that matter.
