A couple days ago, I googled someone I dated in college and saw that he died in 2014! I was shocked and thoughts of him have run through my mind. The obituary didn’t give much info at all. I know it was him because the birthdate was the same.
See, faithfyl, you aren’t the only one who does this!
Googling People You Dated
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Wow. How did you feel about that?FinallyFree wrote:A couple days ago, I googled someone I dated in college and saw that he died in 2014! I was shocked and thoughts of him have run through my mind. The obituary didn’t give much info at all. I know it was him because the birthdate was the same.
See, faithfyl, you aren’t the only one who does this!
I think many people have Googled someone from the past to see what they were doing. Not Sister Ivy, of course.


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Ivy, it made me sad to think he has been dead for over five years and I had no idea. (He died at 52.) It just brought back a lot of memories. He left the college we attended during his freshman year, but we had a long distance relationship and saw each other from time to time. I even flew to visit him one Summer and stayed a week at his house. But at about the time I met my future husband, he cut off contact with me, which was for the best. I am much more suited for the man I ended up marrying.Ivy wrote:Wow. How did you feel about that?FinallyFree wrote:A couple days ago, I googled someone I dated in college and saw that he died in 2014! I was shocked and thoughts of him have run through my mind. The obituary didn’t give much info at all. I know it was him because the birthdate was the same.
See, faithfyl, you aren’t the only one who does this!
I think many people have Googled someone from the past to see what they were doing. Not Sister Ivy, of course.
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She only Googles herself to be sure she is not being defamed.
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Ivy wrote:Wow. How did you feel about that?FinallyFree wrote:A couple days ago, I googled someone I dated in college and saw that he died in 2014! I was shocked and thoughts of him have run through my mind. The obituary didn’t give much info at all. I know it was him because the birthdate was the same.
See, faithfyl, you aren’t the only one who does this!
I think many people have Googled someone from the past to see what they were doing. Not Sister Ivy, of course.
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She only Googles herself to be sure she is not being defamed.
Ivyrose, in my eyes you are the nicest sweetest person I know. Only an [derogatory term] would defame you.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.----Karl Marx
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Thank you, BH.B.H. wrote:Ivy wrote:Wow. How did you feel about that?FinallyFree wrote:A couple days ago, I googled someone I dated in college and saw that he died in 2014! I was shocked and thoughts of him have run through my mind. The obituary didn’t give much info at all. I know it was him because the birthdate was the same.
See, faithfyl, you aren’t the only one who does this!
I think many people have Googled someone from the past to see what they were doing. Not Sister Ivy, of course.
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She only Googles herself to be sure she is not being defamed.
Ivyrose, in my eyes you are the nicest sweetest person I know. Only an a**hole would defame you.



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B.H., you are a kind and funny man.
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FinallyFree wrote:B.H., you are a kind and funny man.
Well thank you.
The philosophers have only interpreted the world, in various ways; the point is to change it.----Karl Marx
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It is sad, even when we haven't had anything to do with them for years. My high school boyfriend died a couple of years ago and it made me sad. He left a wife and several kids. He had also been in prison off and on...sad, but glad I dodged that bullet and got away at a young age. That's a whole 'nother story, and as my mama said, I'm gonna let the dead rest.FinallyFree wrote:Ivy, it made me sad to think he has been dead for over five years and I had no idea. (He died at 52.) It just brought back a lot of memories. He left the college we attended during his freshman year, but we had a long distance relationship and saw each other from time to time. I even flew to visit him one Summer and stayed a week at his house. But at about the time I met my future husband, he cut off contact with me, which was for the best. I am much more suited for the man I ended up marrying.
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I dated a man for 2 years, before I met my now-husband. I learned recently that he went to federal prison for eleven years for ponzi scheme. I wasn't that surprised. I was still sad to learn he was sent to prison, though.Ivy wrote:It is sad, even when we haven't had anything to do with them for years. My high school boyfriend died a couple of years ago and it made me sad. He left a wife and several kids. He had also been in prison off and on...sad, but glad I dodged that bullet and got away at a young age. That's a whole 'nother story, and as my mama said, I'm gonna let the dead rest.FinallyFree wrote:Ivy, it made me sad to think he has been dead for over five years and I had no idea. (He died at 52.) It just brought back a lot of memories. He left the college we attended during his freshman year, but we had a long distance relationship and saw each other from time to time. I even flew to visit him one Summer and stayed a week at his house. But at about the time I met my future husband, he cut off contact with me, which was for the best. I am much more suited for the man I ended up marrying.
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I had a few dates with a dude who was pretty interesting, but had a rather argumentative side.
It got him killed.
We'd lost touch (no big animosity or anything but I went on to date others) He was taking care of a disabled sister and had her in his car one day when he went halfway down his block the wrong way on a one-way street one morning. He always did this, as his house was on a one-way street but he liked to go the wrong way in order to take a short cut into his own driveway.
That morning an off-duty security guard who lived on his same block was fed up. The off-duty security guard was on his way to work and attempted to make a citizen's arrest. My friend argued back with him in typical East-Coaster fashion (not that anything's wrong with that) even though we live in the Midwest (friend was originally from the East Coast, where I think argument like this is more often considered just everyday banter) Well, the off-duty security guard up and shot him right through the heart.
The off-duty security guard did time for it.
It got him killed.
We'd lost touch (no big animosity or anything but I went on to date others) He was taking care of a disabled sister and had her in his car one day when he went halfway down his block the wrong way on a one-way street one morning. He always did this, as his house was on a one-way street but he liked to go the wrong way in order to take a short cut into his own driveway.
That morning an off-duty security guard who lived on his same block was fed up. The off-duty security guard was on his way to work and attempted to make a citizen's arrest. My friend argued back with him in typical East-Coaster fashion (not that anything's wrong with that) even though we live in the Midwest (friend was originally from the East Coast, where I think argument like this is more often considered just everyday banter) Well, the off-duty security guard up and shot him right through the heart.
The off-duty security guard did time for it.