Who was your best friend as a child? Mine was Mary Ann.We did eveything together--dolls, bikes. swimming. After 8th

[debm55]

Grade we moved and I never saw her again.

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Jody (a guy).

We went trespassing on neighbors'' properties. We threw dirt bombs. We played and got dirty. He lived across the street. Same Kindergarten class.

Jody's family moved away after second grade.

Two years ago, after much online searching, I found him again. We're now tight again, sharing e-mails regularly. It's like nothing changed. He's now one of the oldest/longest friendships.

Hope to see him visit in a couple of years.

[debm55]

2. Thant's wonderful you were able to reconnect with Jody. When I was on FaceBook I tried looking for Mary Ann. I could not

find her.

[no_hypocrisy]

5. Try Linked-In. That's where I found Jody.

BTW, we don't talk politics. We're still catching up on the last 60 years.

[debm55]

6. Thank you very much no_hypocrisy.

[Emile]

3. Since 1956 and still close friends with my old pal Ivan.

[debm55]

4. Thank you very much Emile. That's wonderful that you are still friends with Ivan.

[justaprogressive]

7. Stephen

My best friend for 3 yrs and then they moved away, never saw him again...

[debm55]

8. Thank you very much justaprogressive. I know the feeling.

[justaprogressive]

9. see what you made me do!

I just tracked him down, (100% certainty) and sent him an email. My.

[debm55]

10. Wow.good for you, I am so happy for you. I hope it goes Wonderfully;

[Oeditpus Rex]

11. Marvin

From second or third grade through high school. Then we fought over a girl. (He won.)

Marvin was the coolest kid on the block. He had all the great ideas, and the rest of us followed. His dad was a journeyman carpenter, so we were always building stuff.

The one time he screwed up was in our junior year when he bought a pristine white '65 Thunderbird for $500, literally from the fabled little old lady who drove it only to bingo on Wednesday nights. The first thing he did was put side pipes on it. Well, okay, that's sorta cool-lookin'. But then he put air shocks on the back to jack it up several inches, and then cut and flared the rear wheelwells and put 50-series (fat) tires on Ansen Sprint mags on it. Just destroyed its gorgeous purity. He ended up lending it to a heavy-drinking friend, who wrecked it for good.

Marvin died on the table during nasal surgery 10 years ago. He was only 59. It still makes me sad and wistful for a bit when I think about it, even though we hsdn't seen each other in nearly 40 years.

[debm55]

12. Oh Oeditpus. what a great and unique friend . I am so sorry for his passing. May his memeories be a blessing to his

family and to you. RIP Marvin.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. Andy

He was a year below me in school, but only 4 months younger.
We played on the same baseball team, were both altar boys, bowled in the same junior league, and we lived only a couple blocks apart, but on the same path to school.
Since I went to HS first, we didn't do much together after 8th grade, but no issues. In HS, he had his friend's, I had mine but we were always friendly.
Late HS & after it was my brousin.

[debm55]

14. Thank you Professor GAC, Andy and you sound like you were both very good friends. You were both lucky you had each other

as friends.

[sestina]

15. Sharon

We grew up together from 1st grade through high school. She lived a block away. We had all kinds of adventures - swimming, bowling, ice skating, horseback riding, bus rides downtown to the movie theater, riding our bikes everywhere, a trip to Fort Lauderdale after high school graduation.
She got married first and moved away.
Then I got married, but we still kept in touch via email and Christmas cards, and we visited each other occasionally until life got in the way, jobs and kids, different friends, different priorities.
Then maybe about 14 years ago, we started playing words with friends and sharing stories through the years about our kids and grandkids and family deaths and classmate deaths, and our various health issues and politics, and now we text each other everyday!
Last year she had an opportunity to come visit me, and we had dinner and fun conversation as if all that time had not gone by. It's an amazing feeling!

[debm55]

18. Wow, sestina. what a great post of last ing friendship

[3catwoman3]

16. One of my closest childhood friends I now refer to as a former friend.

We remained fairly close thru high school, and a few years beyond.

She is now a flaming fundie rightwinger who posts all sorts of harsh opinions about libtards on her FaceBook page, and then decries people being too judgemental.

The first time I saw her use the term libtard, I wondered "Gee, Peg, do you have any idea you are talking about me?" I'm guessing she assumes, because we grew up together, that, of course, I must think like her.

We have nothing in common anymore. We no longer live anywhere near each other, which is probably a good thing.

[debm55]

17. Thank you 3catwoman3. Yes,, some of my old friends are MAGA, I guess life changes people. I don't bother with them