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My old friend actually reached out to me in a dark time when I needed it the most. I’m so lucky to have her back as a friend in my life. My former long term partner was a very jealous woman and never explicitly told me I couldn’t have friends who were women, but would guilt trip me and act like I was going to leave her for them all the time. So I unintentionally fell out of touch with a lot of my friends. I feel really loved knowing my friend missed me and wanted to reach out and cared about how I was doing after barely speaking in ten years. It means so much to me, and I would have never had the courage to reach out to her because I felt like a bad friend who bailed on her for a controlling partner!

I reached out to dozens over lockdown (which probably adds to how successful it was).

Everyone who saw the message replied. All of them were really positive about hearing from me. One had even tried to contact me but only had my deadname to search for. Most of them we chatted for a bit then it naturally tapered off, but we still catch up once in a while. And a few are now good, solid friends.

Definitely recommend.