u/InvisibleSelf

Haven’t spoken in 20 years! Nothing bad happened, we just grew apart. We caught up like no time had passed, surprisingly, despite being in our 30s now.

One thing we chatted about was music, since we used to listen to one iPod together with one headphone each 🥲 even gave each other suggestions and made a playlist.

But for some reason, once I told my therapist about this positive exchange, I just broke down profusely crying. Something about the nostalgia, the speed in the passage of time, and the bittersweet that our friendship didn’t continue past junior high suddenly hit me. He had also asked me “are you happy where you are now?”, but I took it literally and answered that I was content with where I was living lol. But I realized he was asking me about my overall wellbeing (probably because I was a secretly depressed preteen) and was so moved that he still cared that much.

Ultimately the conversation fizzled out and all I could think about were the lyrics to The Same Old Lang Syne: “and the snow turned into rain.”

Have you ever caught up with someone after decades? Also, nostalgic song recommendations welcome!

Could use a concert buddy :)

Haven’t spoken in 20 years! Nothing bad happened, we just grew apart. We caught up like no time had passed, surprisingly, despite being in our 30s now.

One thing we chatted about was music, since we used to listen to one iPod together with one headphone each 🥲 even gave each other suggestions and made a playlist.

But for some reason, once I told my therapist about this positive exchange, I just broke down profusely crying. Something about the nostalgia, the speed in the passage of time, and the bittersweet that our friendship didn’t continue past junior high suddenly hit me. He had also asked me “are you happy where you are now?”, but I took it literally and answered that I was content with where I was living lol. But I realized he was asking me about my overall wellbeing (probably because I was a secretly depressed preteen) and was so moved that he still cared that much.

Ultimately the conversation fizzled out and all I could think about were the lyrics to The Same Old Lang Syne: “and the snow turned into rain.”

I was sitting in the aisle seat of a 3-seater on the way home today, when the conductor and the woman sitting next to the window got into an argument because the woman’s phone had died so she couldn’t show her ticket. The exchange went on for quite a few moments; I was uncomfortable being in the middle of it, so I offered to buy the woman’s ticket for her on my app. She told me that wasn’t necessary as she was getting off in two stops, but the conductor insisted she get off at the next stop without a ticket. The conductor didn’t say anything and let me buy her ticket for her, without warning me about the activation fee. Thankfully, I have a monthly and have it activated long before the train moves, but I feel like a heads up would’ve been nice.

Either way, I think conductors’ machines or whatever should be able to take Apple Wallet so that way even when your phone is dead you can still use it like when you tap at OMNY (haven’t tried, but read that Apple wallet is usually still usable even when your phone dies.) Or at least have some sort of mechanism to recognize an activated ticket in your wallet when you scan your phone.

I’m just glad I got a “warning” about the activation fee and not double charged. No good deed goes unpunished I guess lol…

Note: the woman did take down my number to Zelle/Venmo me the ticket cost, but really I just wanted to defuse the situation