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        <title>How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances? </title>
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        <![CDATA[ So, there are a couple of friends who I used to know when I lived in some other state. I have since moved, and we sort of grew apart. They do send me emails
every now and then, but I just never have the time to respond.

how do you deal with these situations? Can you just casually reply to an email they sent 2 months ago as if it is totally normal? Do you apologize?

What about people who never sent you an email, and you also never sent an email to them, but you want to reinitiate contact. Do... ]]>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances?  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances?
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<br>
[weems] Take their body part out of my freezer and jack off on it[/weems] ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Pahrump Mania)</author>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances?  ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ If you haven&#39;t made time to respond in months chances are they&#39;ll bore the crap out of you again...honestly why put yourself through that? ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ and hot ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ WylDawg must be getting old &#39;cause he&#39;s sounding pretty wise. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4586830/t/---reinitiate-contact--old-friends-acquiantances-.html#reply-4586830</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Life has taught me that when someone drifts away from your life, they&#39;re not coming back. Sure you can meet up again, but either it&#39;ll never pan out or
if does, you&#39;ll just update each other on your lives and you&#39;ll never contact each other again afterwards. ]]></description>

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			<title><![CDATA[ Re: How do you reinitiate contact with old friends/acquiantances?  ]]></title>
			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4586794/t/---reinitiate-contact--old-friends-acquiantances-.html#reply-4586794</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Just stalk them on myspace/facebook whatever like evryone on sucks seems to do. ]]></description>

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			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4586704/t/---reinitiate-contact--old-friends-acquiantances-.html#reply-4586704</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ A 2 month delay in email replying is a-ok in my books. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Send out a one of those holiday-type life update letters.
<br>
<br>
Start it with &quot;I&#39;ve been so busy!&quot;
<br>
<br>
Include pictures of yourself with family and pets. (If you don&#39;t have a pet, get borrow one.)
<br>
<br>
End it with &quot;So what&#39;s new with YOU?&quot; ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ <blockquote>
  <strong class="quote-title">Iku wrote:</strong>
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  Facebook.
</blockquote>
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4586488/t/---reinitiate-contact--old-friends-acquiantances-.html#reply-4586488</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Show up at their house one day with a suitcase and announce you&#39;re staying the week ]]></description>

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			<link>http://survivorsucks.com/reply/4586480/t/---reinitiate-contact--old-friends-acquiantances-.html#reply-4586480</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Screw them for neglecting you. Literally. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ Facebook. ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m a big fan of being direct, OTR.  The subterfuge and all that circling around the issue just makes it more difficult.  Own up and just tell them...you
want to get in touch again and see how things are!  If they were friends/acquaintances at one time, they should respond in kind.
<br>
<br>
One question, though...how can you not have the time to respond to their emails, yet have the time to discuss it here?  I sense something deeper than just
&quot;drifing apart&quot; at the core of... ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ I&#39;m not the best person to ask about this. <img src="http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a341/MisterSlippery/icons-anims/lbf.gif"> ]]></description>

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			<description><![CDATA[ So, there are a couple of friends who I used to know when I lived in some other state. I have since moved, and we sort of grew apart. They do send me emails
every now and then, but I just never have the time to respond.
<br>
how do you deal with these situations? Can you just casually reply to an email they sent 2 months ago as if it is totally normal? Do you apologize?
<br>
What about people who never sent you an email, and you also never sent an email to them, but you want to reinitiate... ]]></description>

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