by laurie53 » Thu Sep 27, 2018 8:30 am
In forty years in the armed forces this happened all the rime. You, and quire often your wife simply picked up where you left off, though children you had known as babies were quite bemused to be picked and hugged by an apparent stranger some twenty years later!
The longest was 30 years, someone I joined up with in 53 I met again in 83, though he wasn't a friend as such, just someone to chat to and have a drink with.
On my final base, in 1993, I met up with someone I hadn't seen since 1974. They were close enough to exchange weekend visits with.
For obvious reasons you only kept in touch with a special few. I still exchange Christmas cards with just two, from 88 and 91.