Quote Originally Posted by Loony BoB View Post
Hey dude, you probably remember me on some level, I know I remember you.

When all that happened, I decided for myself to just treat both possibilities (truth/lie) as just that: Possible. It does sound to me, based on the reddit thread which I've read, that the lie is the more likely result. However, my advice? Just know that there was a person who, in the long gone past, made you feel in a certain way, and now that person is gone. It's okay to grieve for a fictional person, a celebrity, a real person, an animal, whatever. You can mourn the loss of any material thing, too. The thing that was once in your life, the person, they have departed through some means and moving on is all you can do at that point.

It does suck, though. I can understand being curious after all these years, and I hope you find the most important thing in it all: Closure.

I hope that aside from all this, you're doing really well! You always seemed like a good guy, going from memory!
Hey BoB! I totally remember you, and it's awesome to see you're still around! (This is Jonny btw.)

At the risk of sounding a bit of an arse, and whilst I do appreciate your advice: It can't be compared to any of those things that you listed. You would go into those particular relationships willingly, knowing their character and their respective outcome. I was involved with somebody, for 18 months of my life, in which I was deceived on a daily basis, be it through email, phone calls, text messages or chat programs. My real life was put on hold whilst I was dealing with their death, which led to me having to flunk out of school with poor grades. I would then go on to work almost a decade in a dead-end job as a result; something that has only just very recently been put to right, at 30 years of age. Your sentiments are absolutely in the right place, and I do appreciate that, but this is not something that can just be brushed under the carpet with an 'oh well' sort of response. They might have faked a persona, but their effect on my life, as a result, is very real. How they have allowed me to think they have been dead for 14 years, and not got in contact to apologize, is absolutely absurd. No, I can't possibly ever forget or move past this, not until this person gets in contact with me, or I discover their identity.

As a side note, I want to add that, whoever this person is, the likelihood of them having visited this forum over the last 14 years is high. The same goes for LiveJournal or other mediums that they were involved with. So, if anybody knows anything, even if it is a small detail, it would hugely beneficial to piecing together their identity. I've already ascertained that some of the facts they wrote about or told me are true. I know this person lived in Crieff (Scotland) for example and that they were a student at Morrison's Academy. Because of this, and from what I have been told by classmates, they are from a family of wealth. This is just scratching the surface on information that has been discovered recently, but I am always available to discuss it in depth, should anyone else be willing to help locate 'Rei.' I have contacted the school for further information, and they are in the process of researching some details that I passed on. Thanks to a student in their class, I know that most of the offline friends they talked about were real people, as well as all of the teacher names they talked about.

If you are reading this, please reach out and get into contact with me. This charade has gone on quite long enough.