Look like the roles are reversed

Juz sayin but I detest PhakeBook and believe it is a damn poor medium for anything. "It seems like" you have to have a magical touch to get ahold of someone without being "friends" with them. I've had a shitload of trouble just trying to use it for marketpharce which I equally detest. I'm forced to go there because so many have abandoned C/L

I've tried to use it to contact a few friends I've "re" found to no avail.

So it may be possible they never saw your message.
Both the young lady and her dad responded this morning...you are right about FB. That is why I no longer talk to anyone about images using the FB Messenger. What I was doing, so that I only have to keep an eye on one spot was copying there FB message into my email and emailing myself. Then I would send them 1 FB message, explaining that they need to email me...