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I "reconnected" with an old friend a few years after we'd fallen out of touch... not for any reason, but she'd accidentally included me on a spam list (how thoughtful) and I spontaneously decided to reply to her.
We exchanged quite a few e-mails in a short time period, mostly about why things sort of slipped with us, but it wasn't like we were back to being chummy. Even though I don't think either of us would have held it against the other if we never saw/heard from each other again, it was refreshing to hear the other person's perspective and to be able to "close" that relationship in a cordial manner.
We met for coffee a year or so later, and it's been a couple more years since the last time we talked... but at least now there isn't that lingering "wha-happened?" feeling. I feel like if we ran into each other on the street we would be genuinely glad to see each other, chat things up a bit, but probably not rekindle the old bond.
So I say send it for yourself, and expect nothing. If something happens, great... if not, you did what you felt you needed to do.
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And think not you can direct the course of Love;
for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
--Khalil Gibran
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