Not that I'm just figuring this out, of course. But over the last few months, I've had an influx of friend requests from high school classmates. Note that I'm not using the "friend" word when describing these people in real life. A few of them I never spoke more than three words to, a few I was genuinely friends with, but the majority fall into the "I had class with you and we were cordial and friendly but we didn't hang out on the weekends" category.
I've always been reluctant to request others' friendship, because I always feel like the person on the other side would think either "who the hell was Brenna?" or "why is she requesting to be my friend?" So I generally let others come to me. And trust me, I was definitely not popular in high school, so there's no way I'm going to request the electronic friendship of a prom queen when I most likely couldn't stand them 10 years ago. That said, I'm often left wondering, why do you want to be friends with me? You didn't particularly notice me 10 plus years ago. We haven't spoken since then. I'm fairly certain that, if we have a 10 year reunion this year, that I'll sit at a table in the corner with my best girlfriends and talk shit about everyone else there. So what is it about the medium of Facebook that allows - heck, encourages - some people to now claim my friendship?
I think it's a cheapening of the word friend, that's for sure. Most of my Facebook contacts are acquaintances, colleagues, or former classmates. It's a fascinating thing, though... the day I get a friend request from my high school crush is the day I may just quit it, though. Because if I wasn't good enough to talk to back then, why do you want to now?
Just a little rant. That said, I'm going to check out everyone's page to see what they're doing now.
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