Was Oliver on to something? I decided to reach out to a few of these high school friends and find out.
After joking with a friend about Oliver's dating plan I started to count the other instances of high school acquaintances getting together with each other only after graduation and could identify almost a dozen.
Today he lives with his girlfriend-a girl who, yes, we went to high school with.
"I'm only going to date people I already know," he declared and set about reevaluating his attraction to the pool of girls we knew from high school. But the lack of connection was starting to wear on him, and he was certain he knew why. Like most of my 20-something friends from high school now living in the big city, he was enjoying the multitude of opportunities to date-and sleep with- strangers.
I'll never forget when my good friend Oliver decided to change the focus his dating life.