Contact with an old friend

My old friend from school text me this christmas saying we need to meet up.

I don’t know whether or not to do it. We were really good friends for about 10 years, but then the illness happened and I have barely seen him since.

I lost all my ‘acquaintances’ that he is friends with all of them which is how I knew them.

I just don’t know what to do. It would be a major trigger for me if I went and saw him, then get dropped and not see him again for months.

I just don’t know what to do. I like all these people but for one reason or another, we have been out of contact for a few years.

I want to have friends, but I am not sure if someone who has shown they won’t be around for that long is the right thing for me.

I don’t have any friends at the moment, and it took a lot to understand that this social group had no interest in me and I got over it thankfully about a year ago. I just don’t want all that undone.

That is a tricky situation. Dis he say why he wanted to see you after all this time?

He did not say why. We chatted on the phone a few months back, but a relapse has happened in-between and not sure if I am ready for this.

We were such close friends, and I am not sure if I should engage when the contact was lost such a long time ago and all my friends went when I needed them most for one reason or another.

I’m honestly not sure what I would do. It’s the benefit of regaining a friend versus the risk of being hurt again. That is a hard choice to make.

Who knows? Maybe he wants to just have a cup of coffee and reminisce and that’s it.

When I got ill a few years ago I called people I have not talked to in years, mostly to see if they were in on the plot to get me. Was nice to talk to them but after that no one ever called me back.

Might be worth hanging on to a friend, always good to have someone to talk to, meet, see what they want and decide from there is probably what I would do.

It’s weird whenever I see your profile pic I think of weird it would be if a dog was saying all these things. I don’t do that for others. Anyway I say go for it.

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People get older ,get family, career, accumulate more people to stay in contact with. Don’t think it’s uncommon to just get together and catch up with one another. Every few years, I wouldn’t put much faith in going back to the way things were when you were younger. But what’s wrong with catching up. Could be wrong but that’s what has happened with my friends.