My wife and I grew up in NJ. We were both involved in emergency services in our town.
Last night a friend and his adult son were in central Fl for a conference so we met up with them.
After five minutes of talking it was like we had never been apart for so long. He is part of a large family of Firefighters and EMS we were part of.
He was in my wedding party and a big part of our lives. We miss all of our friend so much.
Over the last few years some of our friends have passed on and it makes me sad we could not be there for our friend and their family's.
Any time we have met up with old friend it has always been like this.
We have good friend in Fl but it is not the same.

Yep! I have a few friends like that all over the world. It's amazing how good people are timeless in that respect. One that I met during study abroad in Germany for only 3 weeks. We met up again when came back from a semester. Then, in 2015 I stayed with her, her husband and their son for 2 weeks. We grow older but the friendship remains.

I have some friends from way back that are like that. We don't get together very often but when we do it is 5 minutes of catching up and then its like we were never apart.

I have had this experience with a former girl friend.

She still hates me.

Deservedly so.

Yes. I have a few old military friends that I don't always keep in touch with but when we do happen to get together, it's like no time has passed.

I have friends like that from college in the 70's. We were at Northern Michigan University in Gries Hall. This was the jock dorm. Our house was called the Ghetto(of course that would be considered racist now, Even though many members were black)

A few of us get together at homecoming which is great. The funny thing is when we have someone come who hasn't kept up it takes two minutes before we are right back to the relationships we had then. I have many friends now that I see much more often but the guys from the Ghetto are the only ones I would consider "help me bury the body friends"

Jim

Yes, I have, but yet I met up with my best friend from high school one time and totally did not recognize him. He put on about 200lbs.

Yes, and my story is downright bizarre in a good way.

I spent the middle of second grade to the middle of seventh in a western Chicago suburb during the '60s. One of my classmates and I were friends, but not best friends or anything. My Dad got transferred to Oklahoma City in early 1968 and I never kept in touch with anyone from grade school.

Fast forward to late 2008. While looking online for surplus radios for my unit at the PD, I came across an article on emergency communications. I immediately recognized the author's name. It was my friend from grade school.

I e-mailed him, we then talked on the phone, and realized pretty quickly that we were literally on the same wavelength after 40 years of no contact.

He came down to Dallas three years ago for a few days, and we spooked my wife out because we were finishing each other's sentences and were so much alike. After his second trip down here, it was my turn to go up there. I took my wife along so she could meet my friend's wife.

We weren't in their house an hour when my friend's wife took mine into another room and said, "My God, Pam, this is really scary. They're the same person!"

I cannot explain this. My friend and I are just glad we got reconnected.

Recently I had dinner and hung out with an old friend for the first time in 30yrs.

It was great, "like yesterday" and all that.

all the time. that's how you know you have great friends.

most of my best friends in life right now live elsewhere. pensacola, baltimore, charlotte, dallas. but everything falls right back into place when we're together.

absolutely

Just a few weeks ago a friend and coworker took a little vacation and spent a week with me

We had not seen one another in 34 yrs...it was like wed seen each other but a few months ago

For me - that's the definition of a good friend. Being able to pick up right where you left off. Being comfortable enough to just let it all go and live in the moment of sharing.

So glad you had the opportunity to catch up with your friend.

Really, it's the best stuff in life. Sharing with those you care about.

Cheers~

Met up with one a few years ago. While it was fun we should have realized we where not in our 20's anymore. I was feeling that night the next day.

I meet with 3 guys that I worked with over 35 years ago once a year, sometimes twice. For days afterwards I still have a smile on my face from seeing them.

Yup, I have a close friend from college who dropped out to join the Navy. 25 years later he's retried and enjoying life down in Florida. We have had some stretches where we did not speak or see each other for 5 or 6 years. No matter how long, every time we reconnect it's like I spoke to him yesterday. He's truly one of my closest friends. The type of person that you could call up in the middle of the night after one of those 5 year breaks and ask a huge favor and he wouldn't hesitate to lend a hand. A great, great guy.

Yep. Just got a text out of the blue from my college roommate. Haven't talked to him in years, but it's like no time at all has passed.

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Originally posted by LBAR15:
Yup, I have a close friend from college who dropped out to join the Navy. 25 years later he's retried and enjoying life down in Florida. We have had some stretches where we did not speak or see each other for 5 or 6 years. No matter how long, every time we reconnect it's like I spoke to him yesterday. He's truly one of my closest friends. The type of person that you could call up in the middle of the night after one of those 5 year breaks and ask a huge favor and he wouldn't hesitate to lend a hand. A great, great guy.

Bolding mine.

Where in Florida? I will TP his house for old time's sake if you want? :-)