I could use a sanity check here, folks [View all]

[mreilly]

In summary: is it creepy to drop a college acquaintance a line 20+ years later via Facebook to say hello?

Details: I'm a married father of 3 kids who studied journalism in college 20 years ago. I've been following an international news site and recognize one of the reporters as a girl I was acquainted with at the same college (we did some work together on a project).

Since I'm also interested in writing and journalism I'd like to drop her a line to say hello and maybe share some info about writing. In this day and age everyone is connecting socially, and she was someone I knew, albeit 2+ decades ago. On the other hand, it may seem weird to her to get a message from someone from so far in the past.

I am NOT trying to connect in order to do anything sneaky here. I'm happily married and her profile on this site indicates the same. Zero interest in doing anything untoward (and I would tell my wife "Hey, I dropped this reporter a line to say hi and get in touch since I remembered her from college.&quot I would simply like to reconnect with my college associates and expand my circle of professionals in the realm of writing; this former classmate of mine seems particularly adept in the art.

Appropriate or not? Also please note this is NOT one of those scenarios where I'm going to do what I please and am just asking the crowd hoping for affirmation to go ahead.

Thanks