Double Standards

What if someone very dear to you disappears from your life 12 years ago and suddenly reappears again (maybe thanks to Face book etc)?? How would you feel?

Ecstatic?
Great?
Just Happy?
Indifferent?

Could be any of the above, as during that period we may have undergone a change in preference, emotions etc. What may have sounded and felt amazing 12 years ago may not feel the same in the present scenario.

Agreed?

So why do we expect the other person to be exactly the same in terms of their thinking, preferences etc.We still expect them to sound the same, think at the same wavelength, behave in the same way, respond to us in the same way, have same feelings for us....the list goes on.

Sounds like double standards on our part, but then, I guess that's human nature and nothing can be done about it!