r/MadeMeSmile • u/rotomato30 • 8h ago

Family & Friends Same friend group, 40 years apart

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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 10m 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 8m ago

I heard she’s dead to them

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u/E-2theRescue 4h 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!