I don't have anyone specific that I talk to here either these days, and I haven't played Animal Crossing in years. Still think about it from time to time, though!
I was just getting introduced to what a forum even was for the first time in grade school. My friends and I were really big AC fans, and one day in computer lab class when I should have been doing what my sixth grade teacher was telling us to do - I was looking up "Animal Crossing Forums" instead. Low and behold. How about yourself?