How do you get back in touch with a friend you haven't spoken to in years?

Like the other answerers here, I'm going to highly recommend Facebook. It's a great way to reconnect with someone without being too serious or looking too pushy. You can always call out of the blue if you want, but I think friending them on Facebook might be a good way to warm them up for a phone call ahead of time.

I guess there are other factors like where the person lives in relation to you. If they're close by, you could always do Facebook followed by a phone call followed by lunch at a casual restaurant. I've actually met up with some people I used to go to high school with via Facebook and the phone, so I'd definitely recommend doing it.It's been a great experience every single time I've done it, and it might be even more fun than you think.

I would first search the phone book and then the Internet to see if I could find my friend if I didn't' still have their personal information. If I didn't have any luck, then I would utilize Facebook. I've found quite a few friends on Facebook that way and it has been real fun to do it.

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I don't see anything wrong with just calling them and saying that you miss them, and were thinking about them. If they are no longer interested in the relationship, no harm done. If they are, you brought someone back into your life for the cost of a phone call.

Facebook is great for finding people, but I would only use it if I didn't have a phone number. It's just a lot less personal, and I think it shows you're willing to expend less effort. If I was going to use Facebook to reconnect with someone after a number of years, I think I would message them asking for their phone number or trying to arrange to meet up or something.

If you know some of your friend’s personal info (and hopefully his/her name has not changed), like birth date, first and last name, last place of residence, then you can try several people search engines online that can help locate a person in most states. Of course, it becomes more difficult to find a person again if they have relocated to another area, or another country even. But there are always ways to try and find an old friend again.

And believe it or not, but Facebook is the people finder of today. I was just recently detected by my former best friend (from 7th to 10th grade)’s sister who lives in Germany still and has finally after almost 16 years of no contact searched for and found me. We are now in contact again and write to each other on an almost daily basis, which is great.

But I hate that we lost so much time in between.

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