Goonie
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
I've lost track of friends when they joined the military or went out of state to college, and then never returned to our area.What I find amusing is how everyone is reconnecting with these old "friends" from the past. If they were real friends would you have ever lost contact with them?
I even lost track of a girlfriend 'way back when'....she lived in another town quite a few miles away, and her family didn't have a telephone. She usually came to my town about every other weekend or so with her family. Then all of a sudden, without warning, she was gone! I had no idea why or where, and never knew for over 35 years....'til I found her on one of my friend's "friends list". I sent her a message, and we've reconnected and keep in touch almost every day now!
Oh, and I found out that she had abruptly moved to the east coast 'way back when', and that's how we lost touch.
And in our modern mobile society, where folks are always moving from here to there, I've been able to locate friends that have made multiple moves for work, and get reconnected.....and others who have moved have been able to find me, since I've changed my phone number and it's unlisted...and because address books have a tendency to get misplaced/lost during moves.
I used to be that way, then I decided "the heck with it", now I post whatever I want regardless of others opinions. After all, it is MY facebook wall. I don't post anything merely be rude or nasty, but if it is rude or nasty, they're adults and they can just deal with it or ignore it.....it's their choice. And politically, I'm QUITE the opposite of most of my friends!.......and then a bunch of people I used to sort of know found me. At first it seemed cool, but I don't really have anything to say to any of them, and I feel restricted in what I might post because they are politically and religiously nothing like me.
I've [-]dumped[/-] defriended some folks because they became blatantly rude, obnoxious, or argumentative.....I don't behave that way myself, nor do I tolerate it!I haven't defriended a bunch of people so far because it feels somehow rude.
Ditto! I have family and friends flung all over the world, and FB is a great way for us all to stay in touch very easily! All of my friends and family know just about everything about me anyway, so there's not much to hide. And as for friend requests....I ONLY accept request from people that I actually know and that I want to connect with....all others are ignored!I belong and keep up with my family. Not a big problem to check in once in a while and see what is happening. Of course I am an open book on the internet as I have nothing to hide. But I do ignore all friend requests that I want to.
Oh......BTW.....I'm back!!! I don't spend much time online anymore, so I won't be on the forum very much either. I'll fill in the details later.
Cheers!