Cynical Musings

[irishredlass]

Awhile back I caved in a got a facebook account.  I don't participate in all of the silliness, but I was tired of getting nagged by everyone I knew. 

The funny thing is now all of these people I barely knew from high school are looking me up "I'm so glad I found you", "I thought of you often over the years", "I hope your life is wonderful" yadda yadda yadda.

I have a hard time believing there is an sincerity in their comments because I was NOT popular in high school... I was an over weight, frizzy haired bookworm who had more friends among the staff than the student body.  So now why are all of these people so glad to realize my existence? I find myself very doubtful that they have changed and I am not about to do their home work for them.

Comments

[beffeysue.livejournal.com]

That's the way it always happens. It must be some craziness that overtakes some folks when they get older and begin to wax nostalgic.

[mundungus42.livejournal.com]

It's a mixed bag, to be sure. I got friended by a girl I haven't seen since eighth grade, and she was basically finding out if my brother, on whom she has a crush, talks about her. Blech. On the other hand, I did get what seemed to be a sincere apology from a girl who was really nasty to me when we were in high school, which was kind of nice. So who knows? Maybe they've grown up, feel bad, and are really wishing you well!

[apollinav.livejournal.com]

I discovered that after all the friending had been done, there really wasn't much I wanted to say to them, and likewise, not much they wanted to say to me. I check on it occasionally, but that's only because the plant requests and odd 'You've been bought a cocktail' application thingies stack up.