So a while back I had one particular friend on Facebook that would drive me nuts. The daily posts of what he was eating, where he was going, and what day of his work schedule it was on a particular day drove me nuts. At one point I had enough, I just couldn't take it anymore. Something had to be done. So smart me thought, I'll just delete him, that way I won't have to deal with these ridiculous posts. Little did I know that I could have easily just "blocked" his status updates and would never see his updates when I logged in, and he would continue to see that we were still "friends".
A few months of facebook bliss passed when I got a friend request from him...oh crap I thought..he must have realized he was deleted as my friend. I hadn't really seen much of him so I wasn't really worried about whether or not he would notice if we were "friends" or not on facebook. A few days passed and I still hadn't decided what I wanted to do...ignore his request? or allow him to be my friend again?
During my lunch break one day I happened to run into him, it was already kind of awkward since the friend request was looming and I still hadn't accepted him..and he was the type that would definitely know. We started some small talk and a conversation about another mutual acquaintance of ours "defriending" him and not accepting his new friend request was brought up...this was just getting too awkward and I had to leave. The real icing on the cake was I later found out that he conveniently posted on his facebook that he would be at the store that I ran into him at...if he was my friend, I would have known this and could have avoided the whole situation.
So of course when I got home I thought, I can't add him right now..he'll totally know I was avoiding adding him as my friend..so I waited a few days and added him. And blocked his status updates.
The moral of this story is...don't delete someone that is annoying you on facebook, just simply block their posts, otherwise awkward encounters will happen, and you will be stuck in my situation.
Song of the Day: You and Tequila by Kenny Chesney
A few months of facebook bliss passed when I got a friend request from him...oh crap I thought..he must have realized he was deleted as my friend. I hadn't really seen much of him so I wasn't really worried about whether or not he would notice if we were "friends" or not on facebook. A few days passed and I still hadn't decided what I wanted to do...ignore his request? or allow him to be my friend again?
During my lunch break one day I happened to run into him, it was already kind of awkward since the friend request was looming and I still hadn't accepted him..and he was the type that would definitely know. We started some small talk and a conversation about another mutual acquaintance of ours "defriending" him and not accepting his new friend request was brought up...this was just getting too awkward and I had to leave. The real icing on the cake was I later found out that he conveniently posted on his facebook that he would be at the store that I ran into him at...if he was my friend, I would have known this and could have avoided the whole situation.
So of course when I got home I thought, I can't add him right now..he'll totally know I was avoiding adding him as my friend..so I waited a few days and added him. And blocked his status updates.
The moral of this story is...don't delete someone that is annoying you on facebook, just simply block their posts, otherwise awkward encounters will happen, and you will be stuck in my situation.
Song of the Day: You and Tequila by Kenny Chesney
Oh my gosh Mel. You are right- I went through a mass unfriending phase recently and it has bitten me in the ass more than once, although considering I unfriended about 100+ people, not as badly as you might imagine... I will never unfriend you though:)
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