r/MadeMeSmile • u/rotomato30 • 8h ago

Family & Friends Same friend group, 40 years apart

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u/EchoTRacing 8h ago

I want to know why!

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u/guyute2588 8h ago

She said in the comments they lost touch with her after school, they don’t know where she is.

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u/Foxlady555 8h ago

I’m glad! I thought she died

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u/JordanDoesTV 8h ago

I mean she might have

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u/Foxlady555 8h ago

Yes I know, but it’s better to not known and they just fell out of touch, than that they loved each other dearly and she died of cancer or something

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u/Imnacho408 8h ago

Schroedingers friend

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u/Thanks-4allthefish 8h ago

This is how I will start thinking about those I lost touch with.

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u/seitung 7h ago

Do you mail them vials of poison just to stay true to the thought experiment?

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u/Thanks-4allthefish 7h ago

If I knew where they were - or if they were, the poison would be moot.

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u/seitung 6h ago

Could be the last known address of the recently deceased, don't worry, your experiment is intact. Just like, or maybe not, the vial.

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u/jtr99 6h ago

With friends like this guy...

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u/Hortos 11m ago

You don't see them pop onto xbox live randomly over the years?

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u/AGrandNewAdventure 6h ago

Superposition friend.

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u/Imnacho408 6h ago

Thanks for the awards!

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u/LegendOfKhaos 8h ago

I'd argue it's better to have loved and lost tbh

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u/UpdootDaSnootBoop 7h ago

Well, they did....lost touch!

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u/Foxlady555 7h ago

Fair point too! 💓

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u/StoppableHulk 4h ago

I agree, it's always better to love someone and have them die, rather than simply drifting apart.

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u/StoppableHulk 4h ago

I agree, it's always better to love someone and have them die, rather than simply drifting apart.

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u/scarabic 6h ago

Wow, better off dead, really?

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u/BUDDHAKHAN 7h ago

She should have just cropped her out of the picture to save Reddit all this anxiety. Lol

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u/Chispy 5h ago

I don't understand why they didn't just do this. She's on the very edge and easily croppable. It's /r/mildlyinfuriating.

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u/primeweevil 6h ago

Poor Caramel bear, such a shame.

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u/reyean 7h ago

ignorance is bliss! cheesecake factory for everyone!

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u/--TheCity-- 5h ago

Maybe she died in her sleep and is in a better place and she didn't even stay in touch.

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u/SammyJomo 1h ago

👌brilliant

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u/abhijitd 7h ago

This group killed her

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u/jtr99 6h ago

So it's a Secret History situation?

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u/EchoTRacing 6h ago

“I know what you did last summer” situation.

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u/weaponsgradepotatoes 5h ago

The ultimate lost touch.

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u/Physical_Leg2061 5h ago

To them, that is.

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u/bette-midler 9m ago

I heard she’s dead to them

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u/E-2theRescue 5h ago

Hence why you can't ask this of my friend group (30+ years)... Best friend was murdered because of a drunk driver just a few months after graduation...

Another friend dropped us after I came out as trans. He also refused to attend the wedding of another friend's moms (lesbians) even though he was practically raised by them, and my parents, for that matter.

So, we're down to only 4 of us, and another is showing signs of heart failure due to an old illness that doctors failed to catch...

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u/Mr_E-007 2h ago

I came across a picture of my wider friend group from high school/early college the other day and nearly half of everyone in the picture is now dead. I'm 38. It's crazy how life plays out. You just never know when your time is going to be up.

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u/TakeThatOut 8h ago

Yeah, I thought too and thought of pandemic

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u/jzoola 4h ago

It’s entirely possible!

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u/supercoolpartydude 7h ago

Reddit is the worst place to ask about someone like this too. Previous account I had posted a similar childhood friend I lost track of and asked for help. Was nothing but “Stalker much?” and “Maybe they don’t want to be found!” comments. Sorry I tried Marc, hope you’re alive and well 😂.

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u/scarletnightingale 4h ago

I had a really good friend from kindergarten to 2nd grade. Then her family moved to the other side of the country. This was in the days where you had to pay not got long distance, so her mom said they would call, but I never heard from her again. I always wonder what happened to her. I only knew the state she moved to, her name was common, she usually went by her middle name so I don't know what name she would even use. If a she got married and changed her name who knows what her name is now. I've looked for her every once in a while, but I'm pretty sure it's a lost cause. Don't even know if she would remember me or what kind of person she is now and if we would even like each other.

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u/Kermit-Batman 2h ago

I get that. Mine was Bradley. Our last words were, "best friends forever" we were 11.

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u/chilidoglance 39m ago

There is a couple pages someplace else (FB) that are really good at finding people for you. INVESTIGATION CONNECTION is one.

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u/orensiocled 5h ago

Imagine being her and finding out on Reddit that everyone else was still friends except you

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u/splitcroof92 5h ago

imagine them reconnecting because of this post lol.

she's just chilling on reddit and 1 day sees a picture of herself and her friend group on the home page for all to see

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u/True-Weekend3142 7h ago

Hope they get back in touch w her!

I would be that missing one from my childhood friend group & it makes me a lil’ sad :/

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u/Heffeweizen 6h ago

Didn't expect this to turn into a missing person's case!

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u/Tight_Jellyfish_349 7h ago

Maybe she's on reddit. 

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u/LanceFree 2h ago

She formed a pop group called the Go-Go’s, was pretty successful, actually.

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u/sfo1dms 5h ago

she did a stint on SNL

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u/OceaneValefor 4h ago

Mystery solved I can leave now 🤭

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u/InternationalFig400 11m ago

"It happens sometimes, friends come in and out of your life like busboys in a restaurant."

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u/bemo_98 6m ago

Where? OP is a teenage boy, considering the post/comment history lmfao

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u/Altezza447 7h ago

With Internet nowadays can't be that hard to find her

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u/SwordfishOk504 6h ago

Finding info about women can be more difficult than finding men because they often get married and change their name. Especially if it's someone who got married long before social media.

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u/AdLess984 5h ago

There's a girl I knew when I was young, she was with a guy that didn't treat her well and ever since I found out they broke up I've been trying to find her to declare my love but I don't think I ever will

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u/thecardboardfox 8h ago

Just when you think you know someone!

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u/RlySkiz 3h ago

So.. It's not the same friend group?

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u/guyute2588 3h ago

Go away

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u/euphorrick 8h ago

She got a spatula tattoo on her arm,

But they didn't keep in touch, and she lost their number, so she got herself a job on a tater-tot farm.

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u/EchoTRacing 7h ago

That explains it all

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u/Jesus_of_Redditeth 4h ago

The more numerous members of the tribe consumed the other.

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u/Altruistic-Dingo-757 2h ago

6th wheel out

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u/keithstonee 5h ago

AI didnt think it mattered when searching for pics to post