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" Do you ever wonder &amp;quot;what if?&amp;quot; when it comes to old friends? Like the ex-BFF who said that awful thing about you in high school or the old college roommate who you had a big blow up with. Sure, you can look them up on Facebook or MySpace--but do you ever wonder if reconnecting and giving them another chance ever a good idea? **** According to this Dear Sugar post, consider reconnecting with a bad-apple friend a--surprise--bad idea. Better bet, make new friends and leave the past in the past. Sure, people can change, but here&amp;#x27;s my I-don&amp;#x27;t-have-a-PhD-in-psychology analysis for you in three words: Let it be. I think we&amp;#x27;re all a little guilty of occasionally fantasizing about someone in our life who hurt us suddenly changing and apologizing and, even better, turning out to be an incredible friend. We all want happy endings, but the truth is that people are unlikely to change in the dramatic ways we want them to. Your pal who flipped out on you is likely to do it again--those are the odds. So my advice? Forgive and move on. And don&amp;#x27;t keep going back or else you&amp;#x27;re going to develop battered-friend syndrome. Have you ever found yourself cruising Facebook or MySpace looking for an ex friend who hurt you and wondering if you should &amp;quot;try again&amp;quot;? And if you did reach out to an ex pal, how did it go? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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