I'm old. I lived during the days of MSN and MySpace was slowly becoming popular whilst I went to high school. That's how old I am haha.
Anyway, back in the day when social media was just starting and I was in primary school moving to high school, I made a few 'friends' on the Internet on some social media games whom lived in different parts of the country. I would talk to them everyday and really felt an emotional connection. I don't know much about them now but it was so strong that I have distinct memories of them. Fast forward a few years, I grew out of the game and because social media was in its infancy, I didn't connect with them (I added them on MSN but didn't really use it and there were people with other things like AOL and stuff like that). Somehow or other I managed to bump into them and reconnect with one or two guys. We're all uni grads and moved past our silliness but it was fun to reconnect.
I made friends with one girl in particular that I still remember. Not trying to draw anything out of it but she was rather significant to me when I was at a young age growing up. We talked a lot and on a deeper level but then one day, either me or her somehow lost contact. I had her on MSN and stuff but when high school came, we talked less and less until we completely stopped talking. It is 4:24am as I type this right now and it was because as I was tossing and turning in bed last night, I remembered 'her'. I tried searching for her on the internet and fb but to no avail (change of email address) but then I remembered I had sent her a message on fb years ago and scrolled through. I found her last time and sent a message and friend request but it went to the 'other inbox'. Obviously the friend request didn't go through but I'm not sure if she has read the message and obviously she doesn't know what I look like because it has been so many years. Should I try again?
In before any comments about how this is weird comes up, I just want to add that I'm not looking for anything romantic but hopefully a platonic re-connection. From what I can tell, she is also rather 'successful' and happy but the quirky traits that made her so endearing are still there! People change and move on but I genuinely would like to connect to more people I knew when I was younger. I tried looking for my best friend in primary school on Facebook but haven't been able to find him (alas to the friendships made before mobile phones were given to primary school kids and the invention of fb).
tldr; Is it weird to stalk for people you knew when you were younger but haven't talked to since and how should I try to reconnect?
Put the internet to work for you.
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