Questions tagged [reconnecting]

Use this tag to indicate that your question is about restarting a relationship (romantic or otherwise) with someone you've lost touch with. This should be used in accordance with a tag such as friendship to indicate the type of relationship you previously had.

It's not uncommon for people to lose touch with family or friends. Losing touch can happen for many reasons such as

  • An argument that drove you apart
  • Moving to another city
  • Slowly forgetting to stay in contact

and many more. Reconnecting with someone can be a tricky situation, especially if something bad happened between you in the past. This tag is for questions about how to reconnect with someone that you've lost touch with. It should be used in conjunction with a tag such as or to indicate what your relationship with the person was before you lost touch.

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How do I reconnect with a friend after they tried once and I failed to respond

Background I've been out of college for about 4 years now, and during that time I've lost contact with one of my best friends. After I graduated college, I took a job in another city and moved about 1000 miles away. My friend and I kept in touch for…
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How do I rebut my Dad's political Facebook posts that are factually untrue and offensive, without destroying a fragile relationship?

This is a delicate matter because we recently reconnected after over 20 years. It turns out that he is a die-hard supporter of a political figure that I dislike. I'm an adult. I can deal with someone disagreeing with a particular policy or where…
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How can I find out if my in-laws want to get back together?

My in-laws split a few years ago. The reason wasn't anything big (at least to my opinion) but this is not the point... My wife has spoken with both recently and they both seem to regret getting divorced. They both admitted (separately) it was a…
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How to get along with a parent that has painfully different views & values?

I'm struggling to connect more with my mom and want to know how to overcome one of the most significant boundaries that keeps ruining our efforts. In short the challenge is that we have such different views and values when it comes to politics,…
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How to help sister not over-dose on video games like I did?

I am the type of person who is very fond of video games. I've been playing them ever since I was 5 (I am now.. I think 13, maybe 14). I would play them as soon as I could and as long as I could. That was all I ever did. Recently, however, I have…
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How to approach Co-Worker who seems to avoid talking to me?

So, I recently started working and so I'm new to the workplace. I came in around the same time as the girl who sits opposite me (she has about 3 months on me). That being said, my first two weeks in, I had lunch (in a group of 4-5 people) and talked…
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How can I gently question my friendship with someone who may or may not be my friend?

I moved to a metropolitan area for work so I didn't and still kinda don't know many people. I have a few friends now but am not trying to lose anyone so I've considered just breaking off all communication, but that idea is on hold. I met this one…
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