She’s been gone for years at this point. My friend, who I’ll refer to as Hazel when a name is needed in the post, moved away in our sophomore year of highschool. Hazel had moved into our area during middle school and we had been close the entire time she was living where I do. I invited her to almost everything, got really close, and we’d do almost everything together. To say she was my rock during those years would be an understatement.
Though, eventually, she moved to a different part of the U.S. and it’s like we lost all contact. Now, she’s back in the continental United States in a state that’s not too far from mine. And everytime she posts on some sort of social media it leaves me thinking for days about how much I miss her or how much she’s changed and how I’d like to get to know the new her. The problem is, I don’t even know if she’d like for me to reach out! If we lost contact so easily the first time, does that mean she never wanted to be friends? Or does she just want new beginnings? I’d hate to impose on her current life, but I just miss her (or, who she used to be) so bad. It has been 3 years since we last spoke and that was us wishing each other happy birthday on the respective days. Maybe I’m overreacting and she’d love to hear from me. I’m just thinking myself into a corner and needed to type this out somewhere. So, Reddit, would reaching out be the right thing to do?
TL;DR I miss my friend from years ago and want to reach out, but I don’t know if that’d be welcomed to the person she is now.
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You can absolutely reach out and her response will tell you everything you need to know.