Facebook

A necessary evil. No, not necessary. Convenient. And annoying. I hate it. I have one. I hate that I have one. No I don't HATE it. It bugs me. Ugh! How am I even going to BEGIN to explain what I'm feeling right now?? 

I just edited my "friends" list and it kind of went something like this:
"We went to high school together, but we haven't spoken since..." Delete.

"I don't know you..." Delete. 

"My mom knows you, but I don't..." Delete. 

"Oh, family! I DO know YOU!" Saved.

"Yep. We actually are friends." Saved.

"I haven't talked to you in years..." Delete.

"What? You think just because your youngest sister and my older sister went to school together you think I care about what I goes on in your life? I don't. I don't know you. I've never even met you." Delete.

Sure it might sound a little rude, but I'm serious!! I DON'T KNOW YOU!! I'm not going to accept your friend request just so I can collect "friends" who aren't really my friends. If we don't talk in real life, chances are we're not going to talk on Facebook and I'm not about to clutter up my home page with a bunch of drama and news that is all about people I don't know.

Now, that's not to say I don't care about people. I do. And if we just met and I like you and you ask me to be your friend, chances are I'm going to "accept." But if we don't talk in real life, I'm deleting you. And I won't feel bad about it.

One day, someday, (well, who knows! Possibly never...) I will delete my Facebook account. But for now, it's the best way to keep in touch with my family and friends that live far away. It's the means I use to catch up with my aunts and cousins and my friends and a way for me to catch up with the people I don't run into all the time.

This post is random and stupid and already longer than I wanted it to be, but one last thing:

I actually care about the people that are on my friends list. They are all people I like. They're people I like to hang out with and people I like to talk to. They are people who make me laugh, and think, and feel good about myself. And if we don't talk or hang out or catch up very often, know that I wish we could more. That's why I keep you as a "friend." Because you really are my friend.

Anyway, this might be why people think I'm opinionated/outspoken/rude... I don't agree with any of that. 

I'm just being honest. :)
Thanks for letting me vent.