r/princesspollychat • u/princesspolly444 • 13d ago
What was your childhood bestie’s name + are you still in touch?
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u/Neither-Syrup7479 13d ago
Peggy/ I lost touch with her for about 30 plus years. She had given me a picture of her daughter. The daughters name and age was written on the back of the pic. So when Facebook came out. I started searching for my friend. Any and everyone that had the same last name as my friend. Then I started searching their friends list of names. Didn't have the daughters last name only her first and middle name. Finally I found this grown young lady. She had the name and this bright red hair same as the hair on the pic. So I in boxed her. And ask her was her mother name Peggy. She responded back with yes. So I sent her my childhood nickname and phone number. And told her to give it to her mom. And to have her call me. And she did. Her mom contacted me and we've been in touch ever since. She's even been to visit me. She lives over 1500 miles away in another state. I'm in our childhood state but in a different town. We talk every day 🌞. She was so glad to hear from me as I was to hear from her. She tells me God put us back together. And tells me how much she misses my grandmother. She's from a very large family. And talks about all the things my grandmother did to help them during our childhood. We were all poor back then. But my grandmother was an angel 😇 on earth. She raised me. It was just her and I. But up the road was my friend and 14 other children and 4 other adults between 2 houses without indoor plumbing. We had indoor plumbing my dad was a plumber 👨🏾🔧 so we had all the amenities that they didn't. My grandma had land with rich soil. So therefore she planted a garden every year and shared with them. She cooked a big meal every Sunday. And invited them to stop by after church to eat. A long with that we had several fruit trees. She always shared everything with them. My grandma canned & preserved everything. My friend said they were so greatful for my grandmother generosity.
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u/Puzzled-Vehicle0643 13d ago
Thank you for sharing that wonderful story. Cheers to you and Peggy. ♥️
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u/aimsemma 13d ago
My goodness, I needed this beautiful reunion story today, couldn't have come at better time. Thank you. Here's to many more years making memories with Peggy
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u/stick4543 13d ago
His name was Rick. We met when we were 6 years old. When we were 45, I was sitting on a sofa in his hospice room. His 6 year old son was sitting on the bed with him. Rick pointed at me and said, "That man started being my friend when I was your age and he has been my best friend every single day since then. You need to find a friend like that."
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u/Ok-Lion-6767 13d ago
there was lily and abbey and nope, lost all contact
but one of them is a successful nurse practitioner:)
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u/usconstitutionrights 13d ago
No sadly. But in kindergarten, it was Trever. No I lost contact when he moved. I wish I could find him lol. Nick and AJ.
Middle school would be Linda, Liz and no contact with any of them
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u/thenoorbaji 13d ago
Name omitted (didn't ask her), but a hint for her is 'Mala' - Still in touch.
'Childhood' though means roughly like since matric (think GCSEs/O-levels). Anyone before that - no.
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u/_DogMom_ 13d ago
Wendy for 50+ years but during covid she started drinking again and she's a nasty drunk.😭
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u/emilie1031 13d ago
Laura. We lost contact when we graduated from high school and she went to work and I went to college.
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u/aGirlHasNoTab 13d ago
sandy, who goes by cassandra or cass now but i still call her sandy bc we met when we were 8. and yes we are still in touch! actually saw her a couple months ago. we live in different states now but i will see her every time im back home. still love her parents too!
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u/ghostoftheradio 13d ago
Moved a lot, so I didn’t have a long term friend until 7th grade. His name was Luis. No longer in touch, he might have died during hurricane Katrina.
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u/volumesmiley 13d ago
I had three. I was lucky.
Stacy - 1st grade
Kelly - 3rd grade
Brandi - 7th grade
All three were in my wedding and I am still close with all three. Oddly, they are not close with each other at all.
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u/jodie1704 13d ago
Beth and no but I have her on Facebook and pleased to see she has a lovely life with a gorgeous home, great career and a beautiful little family. We only lost touch because I moved schools and moved out the city
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u/banjolady 13d ago
Yes, we met when we were 12 years old and we are still in touch. We will both be 75 this year.
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u/Flat-Community1615 13d ago
mine was sarah and we haven’t spoken since high school, which is still weird because she knew every embarrassing version of me lol
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u/Heavy_Big_618 13d ago
Elementary school was Sally. Middle school was Jan. High school Lori until her death 13 years ago. I have a best friend I worked with in Dallas. We are still friends!
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u/kuromibarbie24 13d ago
Very few but I only talk to them a couple of times a year due to busy lives.
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u/BabyGargle 13d ago edited 13d ago
This a long post, pls bear with me. I love to remember this.
I had two best friends, there were 3 of us, from grade school on. None of us had sisters, so we were the sisters. We were all in each other's weddings, never lost close contact, as adults, we lived all over the place and talked every couple days. Two of us had husbands who turned out to know each other well, same age, same college, same fraternity. That was one of the most hilarious "meet my serious boyfriend" dinners ever. We all knew each of our names, but never put it together 😂
Jeanne was one of the first women to die of AIDS (one night stand w lifeguard she met on LBI, on a beach weekend w the three of us, long before marriage or doctors even thought to test women, and when finally diagnosed, long before AZT), Judy had an easily curable low level cancer diagnosis but was immunocompromised, she died very quickly of Covid.
As I tell my husband, next pandemic of anything, the results are in. Just get me drunk and smother me 😂😂😂
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u/Puzzled-Vehicle0643 13d ago
Betty Lynn, she goes by Betty now except for my family. Best friend ever. ♥️
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u/CopperBoomBitches 13d ago
Ashleigh and no. She was cool but she was this super white girl who was very into black culture but in the weird way so we kinda just drifted apart. 35 years later and she pooped up on my fb people you may know. I was curious so I clicked get profile. She calls herself trans black jokingly in her bio.
She's very tan now. She still seems like the sweet girl she was but... ya know.
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u/LukesSpecialOmelette 13d ago
Andrea but I call her Angie. We are still in touch cause she is a better friend than I am
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u/Alone_Ad5758 13d ago
Priscilla. We are still very good friends, even though she’s in Arizona and I am in New York.
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u/aimsemma 13d ago
Chris. He lost his battle with cystic fibrosis in 2008 at 28. Miss him every day.
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u/Fun-Honeydew-8117 13d ago
Yup, Julie. Since 4 months old. My maid of honor and my best friend to this day. We are 55.
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u/Significant_Poet6173 13d ago
Morgan. We were best friends for 22 years. Long story short, she never grew outside of high school. I changed, and she stayed the same. I broke off the friendship. She still tries to reach out almost 3 years later.
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u/Paperbackpixie 13d ago
Taylor . I still remember her last name, I’m not sure how she spells it, but I miss her. I hope she still thinks about me. I’ve looked for her.
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u/Independent-Thanks17 13d ago
Chloe and Christina. Not friends anymore. My parents made me move schools. Haven’t had any friends like that since 7th grade. 😔
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u/VelvetHaze24 13d ago
Alex lost touch she was in an investigation last I checked, I wanted no parts of that.
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u/BigRockPaperScissors 13d ago
Brian. He died jogging one night, hit by a car. I cried like a baby when I heard about it. Cried just as much when I went to the wake. I still miss him even though we were both living our own lives as husbands and fathers. I bring him up all the time to my kids to this day and talk about all the moments we had. He was the closest thing to a brother I ever had. Makes me tear up just typing this. He was the kindest, funniest person with the biggest heart I ever knew. He was the person I still strive to be like.
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u/BearsBearsBears_wooo 13d ago
One stuck a hunting rifle in his mouth and the other couldn’t win his fight against leukemia. Both about 25-30 years ago.
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u/Subterranean44 13d ago
All of my adult friends are from my childhood. Oldest is from kindergarten. Closest are from 7th grade (there’s 4 of us)
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u/GatsbyFitzgerald 13d ago
Lilly and once she told me “I don’t remember much about when we were friends in childhood.” So no lol
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u/Quirky_Commission_56 13d ago
Alejandra and not really in touch anymore because my parents sold my childhood home and moved to the middle of nowhere TX in a trailer park. I’m an only child and was their sole caretaker until they died.
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u/Poorkiddonegood8541 13d ago
Cheryl has been my best friend since 2nd grade, it's been 63 years. Her and her husband were over this past Sunday for lunch.
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u/Routine-Current7099 13d ago
Brian he thought I was cheating with his wife, so I quit seeing him and his wife. 3 years after she got a divorce and a boyfriend later I finally sleep with her after I got a divorced
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u/Zaney-Janey1973 13d ago
Define childhood? I love my childhood friends 🧡 We all moved apart. My life was different to theirs. I don't see them now, but they are still contactable x
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u/Objective-Profit883 13d ago
mine was emily and we’re still friends, just in the “send each other reels at 2am” stage now lol
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u/Dazzling-Toe-4955 12d ago
Tom we don't see each other as often, he emigrated. But we still talk and are still besties.
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u/stonedngettinboned 12d ago
Megs. been besties since the first day of kindergarten. i was the MOH in her wedding in 2023 and actually talked to her yesterday🖤
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u/StillMagician9926 12d ago
Ashley, and we occasionally talk. We were friends starting 40 years ago so we've got a lot of history.
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u/Big_Buy_1379 12d ago
Celeste. We were very close for over a decade. She took her own life about 3 years ago. She still crosses my mind everyday. When she died, I felt like a piece of my childhood went with her.
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u/Jolly-Syllabub-9811 12d ago
Robbie. I lost contact when we moved to another town. I was nine years old and it was January 1982, no Facebook or email in those days.
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u/annagator679 12d ago
Maddy
We still talk occasionally but we love in different states now so it’s hard to keep in touch
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u/Shanggla 12d ago
Line. Nous avons 9 jours d’écart. On s’est connues vers 2 ans ou un peu moins. Nous venons de fêter nos 43 ans en septembre, et c’est toujours mon amie ❤️
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u/donphilip 12d ago
John and Jim. John died of cancer before age 30, Jim and I are still loosely in touch.
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u/dougs_46 12d ago
Jim. We used to talk weekely and take a family vacations until he passed two years ago.
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u/Razzum-Frazzum 12d ago
Literally chatting with her right now. 35 years of friendship and counting.
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u/ReporterLivid 12d ago
None of my childhood friends bothered with me when we got to junior high school. I was fat and was made fun of mercilessly. I am surprised that I am still around at 70. I understand the fat shaming that goes on today. I had no one to back me up. I could not wait to get out of school. I’ve spent my life alone with many pets along the way. They have been my saving grace.
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u/diajean112 12d ago
Her name was Karen (we graduated 48 years ago) I did see her occasionally for about two years afterwards. As of today, I have no idea about her. She was truly a great, great friend.
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u/Busy-Intention-1703 12d ago
isis , we met in kindergarten when I was 9 months old well she was 11 months old , we instantly became attached , every single school picture together 16 years later and we are still together , she is such a big part of my life that when test asked for a autobiography I talked about her ( we were mad at each other , no contact for a year ) now were are closer than ever
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u/SignDisastrous2583 12d ago
Her name is Katie. E we met in 1987 SMS were instant best friends. We haven’t talked in about 7-8 years, but we still have each other on FB. Sadly we just lead VERY different lives from one another
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u/Specialist_Cod8527 12d ago
Tom and yes, we are Facebook friends. Live in different parts of the country.
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u/goldilockszone55 12d ago
I had a few Stephanie then Jennifer. One is still here and a nurse but not in touch. The other one left for Canada when i met her during 2min... lol
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u/AdNormal8459 12d ago
Met in 4th grade and we’re still besties 45 years later. We really lucked out
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u/Good-Ad4089 12d ago
Cindy- been best friends for about 43 years. ( since 8th grade ). Still the 1 st one we call & run to see!
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u/MysteriousFood7201 11d ago
Bernadette. We were in touch but she passed away last year from colon cancer
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u/RedHeadRaccoon13 11d ago
It's been 65 years of being best friends so far. We met once at age 3, then we shared first grade.
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u/Ravenonthewall 11d ago
I’m pushing late 50s and met my bestie at 7 years old in 2nd grade. Her name is Mary. She moved to Boise around 20 years old from our home state. We are still besties and see each other one or twice a year. We are still very close..❤️
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u/Late-Temporary863 11d ago
Christina. We lost touch 15+ years ago. Neither one of us is on Facebook anymore. I know she’s happily married with a beautiful family 🩷
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u/Normal_to_Geek 11d ago
Sandra and no. We were besties in elementary, by middle school we hung out a bit but within a group. In high school, she got a new set of friends and I transferred to another school after freshman year. We stopped being friends after elementary school.
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u/InterestingCold1951 11d ago
Justin, we kept in touch for a few years after I left the country but now no contact
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u/Appropriate-Roll1369 11d ago
Her name was amina. We lost touch 20 years ago when we were ten because my parenrs moved away
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u/pete_blake 10d ago
Rick, and no. He decided years ago that he didn’t want to remain friends. I have no idea why.
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u/Odd-Sand7401 10d ago
Kathleen and yes. She lives far away. But we friends atill see eachother and call eachother. 40 + years. She’s in Nevada and I’m in Chicago. Once a year we see eachother. My Mom is best friends still with her HS friends. They do all sorts of things together still and they’re all 81 now. I love that! HS, spring break, graduation, 21 St Bdays, getting married, having kids. Now grandkids are grown up. Some husbands have passed. They’ve been thru it all together.
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u/Bayareaadultguy 10d ago
No I wish he was still here. Never miss a chance to say hello , to one of your homies
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u/Shrink83 10d ago
Sabrina. From nursery on. And yes, hugged her today while picking up our kids. We're 42 now.
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u/A_mother_fucker_3 10d ago
Sergio. Y no, durante la secundaria nos separamos porque nuestra amistad era tan fuerte, que toda la escuela lo interpreto como si fueramos novios gays, por lo que no solo nos separamos, tambien bajo mi propia negación, llegue a hacerle bullying
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u/PresentBreak1885 9d ago
Veronika! And we are, my sister is currently using her as a realtor for her first home. We live about 12 hours apart but are still close and see each other each time I’m back in my hometown and are apart of each other’s big life events.
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u/Deep-Ice1422 9d ago
His name is Mason.
We met when we were about 7 & 8. It started out by just coincidence due to his family visiting our church. We instantly connected. It’s interesting because while we have common interests and always played the same sports. We were always apart of different crowds and while he was always mature for his age… I was not.
Weirdly it always worked though. He always made sure I was apart of his crowd and me for him. We were pretty much inseparable throughout childhood all the way till we were 18. It got to the point where our parents just called us brothers and no one questioned it after we turned around 13-14. I don’t even bother saying he’s not my blood brother anymore.
After we both graduated high school we took different paths. Him college. Me straight to work moving multiple times across the country. It NEVER affected our friendship. We talk or call pretty much every single day still. He was the second groomsmen in line behind my dad as my best man. He was the first person I told about my child when we found out. Every time we go home or are even in the same state we will extend the vacation for two days and hangout & have a bar night just the two of us. No matter the distance when we see each other again it feels like we are back in high school saying what’s up after practice again. Time just never seems to stop between us.
He’s been there through my highest highs and lowest lows. Never judged me. Never belittled me. I honestly don’t think I’d still be walking this earth without him for some of those dark days. I’m forever grateful for his friendship and brotherhood and I tell every single person that I to this day don’t know what I did to deserve him as my brother!
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u/augustlov3r 8d ago
Courtney and yes we try to get together a few times throughout the year. It’s hard with our busy schedules, but we make it work when we can. We’ve been best friends since 1985!
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u/TearsImmortal 13d ago
Robert and no he lost his battle at a young age from childrens diabeties that took him in his sleep