Where are you?

Gotta gripe;
I have been carrying an old Army buddy's name and SSN around for many years. I wanted to look him up, but he has a common name, and was from Texas. Lots of people with have his name in Texas. So I tracked his marriage down in Ancestry.com. I found divorce too. I had his wife's maiden and middle name and so looked her up on the internet.

Well...I thought I was half way home from there. They had a child together and so I thought for sure he would be in contact with her. I called her...three times and left a message. Nothing. I wrote a letter and included a self addressed envelope, my e-mail address and phone number...nothing. FINALLY she answered the phone on my fourth try. She seemed surprised I was so persistent. I guess she figured I couldn't take a hint huh? Strangely, she turned out not to be his ex-wife. Same first, middle, maiden, and married name....and it wasn't her. Who would have thought?

Then I tried using My Army buddy's SSN. I found him in a little town outside of Dallas, TX. I got his address from the internet and wrote a letter, explaining who I was and that we were in the Army together. I asked him to contact me I included my address, phone number, e-mail address AGAIN. Nothing. You would think he owed me money or something. (He doesn't.)

I do family history research sometimes. I tracked down three different people who were distantly related to me and contacted them. I left a message on one's answering machine. Nothing. I left a message on Facebook for the other two. Nothing.

Are our lives really that busy?