Okay, I will tell you right up front, I think the whole Facebook thing can get a little weird. I know it has its virtues, but sometimes, I think it has created a new social paradigm and "virtual network" of "friends" that has little to do with the traditional definition of friendship, or at least MY definition of friendship. And I guess I'm a little uncomfortable with that concept.
So sometimes I go in and a de-friend people who I barely know. I mean, these people are less than acquaintances. I guess the reason we became FB friends in the first place was the possibility of friendship, or maybe in a networking attempt, the same way you might collect e-mail addresses or phone numbers, but nothing even remotely similar to a real-world friendship ever developed. In fact, as I read some of the stuff these people post, it becomes clear that there is no way in hell I could ever be their "friend."
So there is this woman who is the wife of a guy I USED to play music with. I barely know her. I would say "hi" at gigs, but I spent no quality time with this woman.
And to be honest, her husband and I didn't see eye-to-eye as musicians. So he and I are no longer FB friends, or friends in the real world. So it seemed weird to continue to have her as my FB friend.
So I de-friended her. No warning. I figured she couldn't care less, since we never talk and have nothing in common. I mean, I never even comment or respond to anything she posts, or vice-versa. There is literally NO CONNECTION HERE.
She responds by sending a FB message telling me how surprised and upset she is, how sad it is we can't be friends, and tried to guilt me over it.
WTH??? What am I missing here?
So sometimes I go in and a de-friend people who I barely know. I mean, these people are less than acquaintances. I guess the reason we became FB friends in the first place was the possibility of friendship, or maybe in a networking attempt, the same way you might collect e-mail addresses or phone numbers, but nothing even remotely similar to a real-world friendship ever developed. In fact, as I read some of the stuff these people post, it becomes clear that there is no way in hell I could ever be their "friend."
So there is this woman who is the wife of a guy I USED to play music with. I barely know her. I would say "hi" at gigs, but I spent no quality time with this woman.
And to be honest, her husband and I didn't see eye-to-eye as musicians. So he and I are no longer FB friends, or friends in the real world. So it seemed weird to continue to have her as my FB friend.
So I de-friended her. No warning. I figured she couldn't care less, since we never talk and have nothing in common. I mean, I never even comment or respond to anything she posts, or vice-versa. There is literally NO CONNECTION HERE.
She responds by sending a FB message telling me how surprised and upset she is, how sad it is we can't be friends, and tried to guilt me over it.
WTH??? What am I missing here?
