With social networking and the Internet, it is easier than ever to locate a former friend.

You might be tempted to revive an old friendship, but before you do, here are some things to keep in mind. If you and your friend just sort of drifted apart, you may be able to pick up right where you left off.

This question isn’t a request; it’s a thought experiment.

It’s you taking a look at your partner and assessing whether or not you’d be willing to be friends with her if all the trappings of romance—her looks, her sexuality, and her romantic overtures—were stripped away.

Because everyone is on best behavior during a date.

If you really want to get to know someone, watch the person at school every day, or both of you get a job together at Mc Donald's.

However, if you had a falling out with your friend, those negative emotions may still exist.

It might feel scary, and you might fear that it'll ruin the connection you already have, but the best – and easiest – relationships truly grow from friendships.

After all, people move, have children, and go in different directions in their life.

Sometimes this means that perhaps your friendship wasn't a priority back then, but now that things have changed it will be different.

For those of you who haven’t seen the films (stop what you’re doing now and go watch them all!

), they are all about Jesse (played by Ethan Hawke), an American, and Celine (played by Julie Delpy), a French woman, who meet on a train in the first film and spend one day together in Vienna.