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The Gift of Shared Memories

I am sure that everyone knows someone who has played high school football. It seems that these individuals love to regale almost anyone with tales of their individual and team glory. For example, I have a neighbor who will talk ad nauseum to anyone on how he could have made it to the pros and how he “tore it up” in high school. Though he means well, most of the time he ends up boring people as his tales begin to drone on and start sounding like Charlie Brown’s teacher after a few minutes.

Let’s face it, like my neighbor, many ex-high school football players are dying to share their stories and relive the “glory days.” Sadly, if you didn’t play football in high school, you probably find most of these stories quite difficult to listen to. However, to those who played football in high school, these stories produce a great sense of pride and accomplishment. To these athletes, the idea of letting these stories become forgotten is truly a shame. Thus, a common dilemma presents itself, how can ex-football players still be able to relive their sporting pasts without annoying wives, girlfriends, neighbors and non-athletes everywhere? The answer is online people searches.

As previously stated, the reliving of high school football memories does serve a purpose. However, as with the case of any bonding ritual, the sharing of high school football tales needs to take place in an appropriate context. For example, the sharing of photos of grandchildren will be a lot more interesting and relateble to others at bridge club than at a tail gate party. Thus, there is a time and a place for these activities and this is where online people searches come in.

At this point in the article you may be wondering how the subjects of high school football, online people searches and gift giving relate. (Personally, I am impressed that you made it this far in the article.) The connection between the three actually is quite simple and can be broke down thusly:

1. This holiday season, most of us will have a former high school football player on our gift list.

2. Instead of going with a traditional gift like a new putter or power tool, some of us are seeking a unique gift to give to the important men in our lives.

3. Online people searches can help anyone give the perfect gift to those who still miss the smell of the grass on their high school football field: Reuniting with former teammates.

Using an online people search web site like PeopleFinders.com, it is actually pretty easy to locate former high school football teammates. In fact, most teammates can be found simply by entering their first and last names into a search box on a people search web site. Once one enters a name, he or she can then narrow down the results to locate the teammate by using old information such as where the teammate used to live, where he grew up or even by using his old phone number.

Once a teammate or teammates have been located, it really is up to the gift giver to decide what to do next. You can have a teammate give another teammate a phone call to catch up, schedule a trip to visit a former teammate, or even fly a former teammate out for the holidays. Whatever the choice is, reconnecting an athlete with those who shared such special times will be an unforgettable gift for the football player on your list.

Dec 20, 2006

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