I'll try to keep this as short and concise as possible!
When I was 23, I moved from Australia to the UK. I kept in contact with my old school friends through Facebook, like most people would.
Five years later, I'm feeling a bit sad. My old life in Australia seems very far away and almost as though it happened to a different person. Looking at Facebook, everyone else has completely moved on with their lives and seems to have forgotten about me completely - they don't like or comment on my posts, they never message me first. If I message them, the conversation soon fizzles out. I feel like I barely know any of them anymore, and they don't know me. They are all still fairly close and seem to talk regularly, and attend each other's weddings. I feel like a complete stranger.
I don't think I've ever been contacted by an old friend out of the blue, and I would dearly love to be. I've tried to get in touch with old school friends, but again the conversation fizzles out. I do think I'm reasonably fun to talk to and I try my best to carry the conversation on, but it's clear when someone just isn't interested.
I'm in two minds. Am I being unreasonable to feel sad about being so easily forgotten? I had hoped that I had made a bit more of an impact on people's lives. I know I moved away, but I wish people still felt even the slightest bit of interest in me. It makes me feel like a bit of a 'nothing' person, if that makes sense - someone who is just completely forgettable.
I'm quite happy with my life in the UK - I'm engaged to a lovely man (although I can't see my wedding going ahead this year with COVID-19 unfortunately), I have a great job, I live in a nice apartment and we're saving for a house. Reading this over, the advice I would give myself is to stop living in the past and just move on with building my new life. And to delete Facebook!
I just can't shake this feeling of sadness about being so easily forgotten. AIBU?