Dear Rejected Facebook Friend
(I wrote this as a cathartic excercise to make myself feel a bit better about rejecting so many friend requests. I went through long bouts of anguish and internal wranglings before being able to bring myself to click the “Ignore” button….so this is to make me feel better. If you’re still a friend, don’t feel rejected….Gottit? Excellent. Here goes, then….)
Dear Rejected Facebook Friend,
I’m sorry that I have to ignore you. But I do.
You see, since I joined Facebook everyone I ever knew, once met, heard of, smiled at, poured tea for, hated, worked for, with or against has tracked me down. And I’m sick of it.
When I started out I was hugely competitive. I wanted friends, and I wanted them now. The bar was so low that Danny de Vito had to kneel to drink from it. Not for me the passing poke, the occasional message. Oh no, I wanted to go from 0 – 100 in just a couple of mouse clicks. Until soon my friends list became more like a telephone directory of my life.
