Today is a good day :D
Fourteen years ago, I had this friend back in England, we were flatmates at the time, and she was a real real good friend. I'll give you an example:

I was 20 at the time, and I worked at Heathrow airport as a security agent. Because of my job, I had a pass that allowed me to go pretty much anywhere on the airport, but because of security issues, I had to provide my employer with a copy of my criminal record (if you had anything on your criminal record, you couldn't work for them). So I went to the police station to fill out a form that would ensure my employer got a copy of my criminal record. After filling out the form and paying for it, the police always paid you a visit, and never announced when, but usually within 4 weeks or so.
I forgot all about it, and about 3 weeks after filling out that form, I managed to get 4 days off in a row, so I booked a ticket to Holland to go see my family. Because it was a spurr of the moment sort of decision, I left a note for my flatmate, telling her I had gone to Holland unexpectedly, and would be back on tuesday.
She got home, read my note, and thought nothing of it, until the police knocked on the door. There were three police officers, asking for me. I had failed to tell her they were supposed to check on me sometime.
So she figured I must be in trouble, and told them she didn't know where I was, or when I'd be back. So she lied twice to the police to cover for me.
She didn't need to do that, but how was she to know.

Anyway, later that year I left England, she stayed for another year but moved about all the time, I lived in Holland but was also moving about all the time. Internet and email didn't exist yet, so we lost track of one another.
But you don't just lose track of a friend that lies to the police for you, right?
So I was looking for her for ages, not even knowing which country to look in, and today I found her parents, and called them, and they gave me her number, and I called her and it was so cool to talk again, I never thought I would find her. I'm so happy :-D

wowwww!! congrats! that is so cool.. and odd... she seems like an excellend friend tho :) how did you find her parents?

What luck! Good job Marianne :P

Fantastic! I'm so happy for you. It must be great to chat with her after all those years.

That's such a cool story marianne :) i'm glad you found your friend back again ! Really, i'm so happy for you :) It makes my day too haha :P

Wow, that's really something. :blush: After fourteen years, too... Yes, I would like to know as well...how did you find her parents?

Fourteen years ago, she gave me the phone number and address of her parents, because we were at an age where you tend to move a lot, but parents usually don't move about that much, and I found my old address book some years ago, but the phone number was no longer in use, so I assumed her family had moved.
Just in case, I wrote a letter to that address (not putting any name, just the address), asking if they were her family etc. etc.
The letter came back 'undeliverable' and had not even been opened.

Today I was looking into a phonebook of Ireland, in that area, and looked up every single one with that surname (LOTS of people), and found there was actually someone by that name living on that address, so I called them and it was her mum answering, and she gave me my friend's phone number.
I had tried to find out if someone still lived there through that phonebook before, and I have no idea why I didn't find them then, but I'm glad I did find them today.
I do hope we'll stay in touch from now on. I know I'll give it my best shot, that's for sure!

That's a really nice story :) I'm so happy you found your friend. I love it when there is a happy ending.

Speaking of finding friends I managed to get a hold of Iamweird, and it's quite silly why she hasn't came back. She didn't remember her screen name :lol: I just emailed her right now with her screen hopefully if all goes well she'll be back :)

Marianne that's an awesome story :) Isin't it funny how life has these great surprises just popping along the way? lol Well i hope you all don't lose each other again and that you have a really great new friendship :D

Thats awesome :D and now email does exist it'll be easy to keep in touch!!

Did you tell her it was Iamweird or Iamwierd? I remember it was the latter because it was spelled wrong :P

That's great! Got some luck! :)

Awesome, Marianne:D

I'm still trying to find a girl I used to play with at 6...the thing is, I only remember her first name:P :hehe: =(

Ooh, nowonder she hasn't been coming in a while...:lol: Yep, it's Iamwierd:)

(could've sworn I replied to this....)

That's very cool Marianne! A girl from my old elementary school who moved about 7/8 yrs ago I found out moved back to this area when she turned out to be in my French class this year. I heard her name and thought "hey, I know her from somewhere!" but couldn't remember where from until later on that day :P

I'm happy for you, Marianne.

Speaking of finding friends, my mom used to genealogy (sp?) and while she was doing that she found her sister, uncle, step-parents, and her cousin (if there was more, I would tell you, but that's all I know.)

she didn't even know her own sister? That must have been quite a discovery!!

Did you tell her it was Iamweird or Iamwierd? I remember it was the latter because it was spelled wrong :P

yes yes i told her i told her lol

That's amazing! Kind of puts me in the mood to look for some of the friends I had at camp years ago..

if you want to find old friends, the sooner you start, the more likely you are to succeed.
For example, when this friend and me parted company, she gave me the address and phone number of her parents and I gave her the address and number of mine.
But mine moved 4 years ago. Hers dind't move, but their phone number changed. If I had left it for another couple of years, perhaps her parents would have moved too.
In adulthood, people also tend to get married, and some women start using their husband's name from then on, making it more complicated.
So my advise: try to locate them TODAY if they mean a lot to you :)

she didn't even know her own sister? That must have been quite a discovery!!




step-sister to be exact.