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this post appears to be from many years ago.
I think that for information about a 'lost' person, it is perfectly appropriate to post to a long-dead thread. Jerrod - welcome to the forum, and thanks for posting. I had a girlfriend over 20 years ago who I parted with on good terms then lost contact with around 2008 and would love to know how she is. The original poster may be similar.
Hi Jerrod, I had to create another account because as it was suspected, I don't use my old email. I just wanted to say thank you for reaching out and for the bread crumbs. It's not the news I wanted to hear, but I can confirm we are talking about the same person. Since this is a very public place, I don't want to put out all our personal information on here, so I just wanted to say again thank you and my condolences to you and your family.Well at the very least if keith continues his search and checks in here, I've left some bread crumbs.. im fairly certain we are talking about the same person so his search will probably end with the info I have. Like I said before I don't know the particulars of the relationship whether it was an ex or just a friend. It also is an old post so maybe he's given up his search. Either way I just wanted to help.
Like I said in the previous post, I just wanted to let you know. I had tried for the first year after she had passed to inform as many of her friends as possible. Many friends called her cellphone so I tried to tell them but my japanese speaking is very basic. I don't know the particulars of your relationship with her, but I was not a jealous husband. Naoko was my best friend, I am still heartbroken over the loss. I actually encouraged her to maintain relationships with her friends because when she came to California with me , there was not a lot of Asian folks where we lived at the time. We were married for twenty years, and she gave me two beautiful children. I love her dearly and miss her terribly. I just hope this gives you some closure in the matter. She means that much to me, I just thought that any friends that may have been curious as to why they had not heard from her and were unable to reach her would appreciate some sort of explanation.Hi Jerrod, I had to create another account because as it was suspected, I don't use my old email. I just wanted to say thank you for reaching out and for the bread crumbs. It's not the news I wanted to hear, but I can confirm we are talking about the same person. Since this is a very public place, I don't want to put out all our personal information on here, so I just wanted to say again thank you and my condolences to you and your family.
Thanks Jerrod. I can tell by the way you speak of Naoko how much you loved her. It makes me happy to know that she found someone who loves her that much and treated her good. It is very kind of you to have tried and contact as many of her friends to let them know as well. As for my relationship with Naoko, thank you for mentioning that your not a jealous husband, but really there wouldn't have been any jealousy involved. I dated Naoko prior to your relationship with her back around 97-99. I was 18 and she was 21. I was the one who ended things for dumb, young naive reasons. Come 2003, I was a point in my life where I started to question many things that I have done, will do and was a bit lost. I felt like I needed to apologize to her for the way I ended things and that was the reason I was searching for her. Couldn't find a trace of her online and so it was left at that. Years passed on by and I check this site once in a long while, but life catches up to you and although I still thought of her, I only hoped she was doing well and it just became a wondering of could she be doing now. It just crazy how small our world is, all these years I thought she lived in Japan still and turns out she actually lived about 40 min away from me. I'm married now and have an 18 year old son. Yesterday was just a shocking day of finding out all this information. But Jarrod, when I said it before I truly meant it, that I'm very grateful for what you have done and by your actions you seem like a good person. You did bring some closure to the matter. I would have still loved to just say I'm sorry to her though. Also I'm sorry to you as well. I hope I didn't open up more grief by this. I wish you nothing but the best and I'm also glad your two children have a great father to look after them.Like I said in the previous post, I just wanted to let you know. I had tried for the first year after she had passed to inform as many of her friends as possible. Many friends called her cellphone so I tried to tell them but my japanese speaking is very basic. I don't know the particulars of your relationship with her, but I was not a jealous husband. Naoko was my best friend, I am still heartbroken over the loss. I actually encouraged her to maintain relationships with her friends because when she came to California with me , there was not a lot of Asian folks where we lived at the time. We were married for twenty years, and she gave me two beautiful children. I love her dearly and miss her terribly. I just hope this gives you some closure in the matter. She means that much to me, I just thought that any friends that may have been curious as to why they had not heard from her and were unable to reach her would appreciate some sort of explanation.