Jen always remarks that she can't believe that somehow I manage to keep in touch with EVERYONE. Jen is sort of one of those people who has moved around a lot and then sort of drops ties with the people she knew at one place when she moves on to another place. I am the total opposite. I have moved a lot as well, but I totally hang on to people.
I still talk to people from kindergarten, elementary school, junior high school, high school, college, summer camp, graduate school, and all of the different places I've lived. Jen boggles because I keep friendships with almost all of my exes. I feel like if someone has been significant in my life in some way or another at some point, it was for a reason - so why cut it?
There was one person that was REALLY important to me for a big chunk of my adolescence that I had totally lost track of - my big deal high school boyfriend that bought me a promise ring and all of that stuff. I tried to Google him from time to time with no avail, but a year or more ago I ran into his mom at a restaurant in our hometown and she showed me pictures of his kids and I told her to tell him hello. Apparently he has been seeking me out on the internet as well, but I keep my personal info away. (Good. I'm glad he couldn't find me. Not because I don't like HIM, but because I don't need to be found by clients and weirdos.)
Anyway, he totally sent me "mail" on classmates as a last ditch effort this week and it has been really fun to catch up. This boy who was my best friend from 8th grade through when I left for college is now a grown man with two kids, and his little sister that I used to babysit is 21 years old! Man, I am ANCIENT.
Now I can say that I am in touch with ALL of my significant exes, without having a gap for Muddy Mudskipper. FUN!
(Of course, now is when the, "You're with a WOMAN?!?!?!" questions all pop out, so that will be fun, too.)
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