Friends reunited, more like acquaintances that have nothing better to do (friendsreunited.co.uk)

Member Name: chrisc92

Product:	friendsreunited.co.uk
Date:	30/06/09 (24 review reads)
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Advantages: If you're lucky you might find some old friends

Disadvantages: Finding former acquaintances is extremely difficult

I have very mixed views on Friends Reunited

Firstly, despite being a member for probably 8 years apart from reuniting myself with my partner Sue I have never actually been contacted by anyone from my school, college or polytechnic/university. Guess that tells me something!?

When I first joined, e-mails to other members were nigh on impossible and whatever you wanted to do it came with a price. That to an extent still happens, but the emphasis seem to be moved to their dating service.

There are a number of members from my old school and college that I remember, but none of the friends that I was hoping to see. Sure I remember many of the names, and what happened years ago, but they come up with some remarkable stories that make me wonder if they were really the people I knew or whether they just made it up to give them something to say on the site instead of being bored as hell.

So where are the friends and acquaintances, I guess I'll never know for certain, but I think a lot of them either have better things to do, or were members and found the service lacking.

However, you see it, I can't complain as it's how I found my former girlfriend (now my partner) after 20 years - but how as she never went to my school, college or university, so how did it happen?

Summary: You may be lucky to find an old friend, but don't rely on it