If you were in a room with everyone you’ve ever met (including strangers, and people you no longer talk too), who would you look for?

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I would look for my old classmate Sarah, she was lovely. She loved chewing gum, and would always give me a piece.. we felt so naughty eating it in class but one day she came to school and told me that her family was moving and never said anything about it again and that was the last time I saw her, she never came back to school, nor did her sisters who were a few years old... I asked my dad to drive past her house once, and it was all cleared out (you could see it was empty because the curtains were gone too).

I just think about her every now and again, just wonder where she went and why.. we were only 6 or 7 and I really miss her still.

My agricultural college mate, she was a scouser, hilarious and had the most amazing sense of humour. She set me and another college student from a different course up on a blind date when I was 16 and he was 18. We have been married for 35 years. We lost touch after college and I have looked for her on FB but never managed to find her to let her know.

My grandma. I miss her every day. She was on my wavelength and chatting to her was the best.
She's been gone since COVID. I'd give her the biggest hug.

What a brilliant question. Honestly I don't know, when I think about it I imagine people and me being the age I was when I knew them. Thinking about it all makes me feel really sad

My grandad and ds2 because I would like to introduce them and after that my grandma and dd for the same reason.

My dad 💔

Wow what a brilliant question I love this

My nan, she was my best friend 🩷

Sadly, I think I would have to hide!

my beautiful friend who died by suicide 2 years ago, I didn’t know she was suffering so much. I just want to give her the biggest hug, and tell her I love her. She is a grandmother now, she’s missed so much.

My Nana. She only died in March but I miss her immeasurably.
And then my other grandmother who died 4 years ago and who I also miss with all my heart.

My brother who died in his teens. I was separated from him from being a toddler, so I have no memories of him.

My Mum and Dad, l still miss them even after all these years. ❤️‍🩹 ❤️‍🩹

I should be saying my dad but I never got to have a proper conversation with my grannies, I didn’t talk back to them enough as a teen, and gave back one word answers and they were so interesting (I’ve only realised in the last few years)

My lovely mum and dad who I think of every day but who are no longer alive and my dear sister and her family who live thousands of miles away. Some exes just to ask why they treated me so badly but they are probably not worth wasting oxygen on.

So many ex-pupils, so I can find out how things turned out for them.

My parents-in-law. I only met them a handful of times and they were lovely.

Someone I met on a course so I could tell him about the utterly profound effect he unknowingly had on my life, and an ex-sort-of-boyfriend so I could apologise for my shit behaviour.

That’s about it, really. I’d probably grab DH and run for the hills after that.

I should probably say my mum who died when I was a child, but it would actually either be the handsome stranger who gave me the loveliest smile when I was on a train once. He was on the platform, we happened to get eye contact, and he smiled at me. Not in a sleazy way or flirting, just a genuine lovely smile. If not him then a girl called Signe Johansson from Halifax that I met when I was 14/15 in Nerja, Spain on holiday. We got on really well and stayed in touch for ages. She even sent me a joint in the post once cause I was unhappy at home 😁 She was awesome and I hope that life has been good to her.

My sister or my first serious boyfriend.

My dad.

I was in Tesco the other day and there was someone way in front of me who looked and dressed like him. For a while I followed him around and pretended that he was still alive and that he might turn around and see me at the till or across the car park.

The one that got away

My friend who I worked with when I was a teenager. She died when abroad travelling and I'd love to see her again.

I'd also like to see an old friend I used to run with, she was a lovely girl in foster care, living in the depths of a Hull council estate in the 90s (they were not nice places back then). I'd love to see that she's done well.

I should say my sister who died about 10 years ago but I think she'd still be the same and not the nicest to me.

I would love to see my lovely grandad and nanny who both died too young. They'd adore my husband and children.

My Grandma, I would love to tell her that I connected with the family of her first love who was killed in WW2. I think she would be thrilled to know that her great grandchildren played with his sisters great grandchildren.

My GCSE art teacher.

Some wonderful answers on here. I would like to talk with my great grandparents. They were born between 1880 and 1900 give or take. I would be fascinated to hear them talk about their lives. Three were still around when I was a child, one remained into my teens when I was still too young to know better but she and I really got in and I can still remember her patient smile. Sometimes when I'm at the gym my mind wanders back to all the people who made me so that I can be here in this moment on the crosstrainer!

If we include people who have passed away, it would easily be my mum and grandparents.
If it was people who are still alive it would be the children I taught in my first ever class. I moved away from the area but I would love to know if the shy one ever found her people, if the lovely kind kid who struggled got there in the end. If the naughty but clever one used his brains for good or not...it really could have gone either way.
As my first class, I will always have a soft spot for them.

My first "real" love - I am sure he is still living and probably lying and gaslighting even now. But good bloody god I fell for him hard in my 20's. I am owed an explanation for his shit conduct. Also it would really be to see how poorly he has aged! Whereas I of course am still a luscious nymph!