“Hmmm….”
“What’s
up?”
“I
have a Friend Request sitting here, and I have absolutely no idea who this
person is.”
“Maybe
you have a stalker.”
“That’s
not funny. Let’s see, we have some of
the same friends, we’re originally from the same town, and we went to the same
high school. Ooh, look, his birthday’s
around mine.”
“And
yet you have no idea who he is.”
“None
whatsoever. Maybe he only thinks that he
knows me?”
“But
you have all those things in common, so you had to have known each other at some
point. You probably just forgot him.”
“I
remember everything!”
“All
right – what unfunny joke did I just make a minute ago?”
“…That’s
not the point! The point is, I need to
know who is this stalker!”
“Uh-huh. Try finding him elsewhere online, then.”
“Good
idea.” Does a few name checks. “Nothing!
I don’t like it that someone out there knows more about me than I know
about him!”
“Fine,
then just ask him who he is.”
“I
have to accept the Request in order to do that!”
“Then
do so – it’s not a marriage, you can undo it much more cheaply.”
“Oh
all right. Here goes: Accept, Message, ‘Hi,
who are you?’. Now what?”
“Wait
and see what he writes back.”
“I
hope he writes back soon: this is going to bother me until he does.”
SIX MONTHS LATER
“I
have a message!”
“Ooh,
how exciting! Who from?”
“Let’s
see. Huh, I don’t recognize the name,
but apparently we’re friends. Internet
Friends, that is; not the real kind.”
“What’s
he say?”
“He
says, ‘Hi, sorry to take so long to respond to your message – I don’t check
this thing much and I must’ve sent out the Friend Request about a year ago.’ Sounds about right. ‘This is George ----- from 10th grade English
class, P.S. 679. Go Gorillas!’ What an odd thing to say.”
“So,
mystery solved: you were in the same class together. Now you two can reminisce about how
everything was so much better back then.”
“Yeah,
but going on six decades after the fact, what’s the point?”
Half the people you friend on Facebook, are unknown. Funny take on the situation. A suggestion for next "story"--young child's first soccer game. Just went to one; very funny and sweet at the same time.
ReplyDeleteHalf the people you friend on Facebook, are unknown. Funny take on the situation. A suggestion for next "story"--young child's first soccer game. Just went to one; very funny and sweet at the same time.
ReplyDeleteHaha I could see Jennie writing about her nephew's first soccer experience!
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