The true meaning of Friendship
I just got this email from a Friend:
Subject: Hi! Sorry! I just realized I don't think I sent this to you. Silliness. Hi, forgive me; but now I feel I have to better explain. Conor said, the other day, he wanted a fan page; that'd help him then to update, since fb was working for him. Then he called himself introverted. (Ha ha, as in as if!) And, I was feeling silly having sent friends to him because he hadn't said a word there; I'd wanted to send others; so he could get aquainted w/ my old friends ..., but couldn't since he hadn't said anything. Then, he finally said: avocado & tomatoes, & Stephanie typed in something like onions & lemons? And some woman I don't know typed "Cilantro, llimes, and other secret ingreds..." I didn't talk to him later that night, slept on my massage table, as I love to; & he was at work when I woke & my heart was pounding, in something other than happiness, for some reason. I deleted the suggested friends, knowing the password ~ he asked if I'd update his status for him... And, I'd only suggested to a few as there's a limit on the suggest thing; he might relate to ones I'd yet to send even better? Then I thought to set up the fan page he spoke of; & only in doing that, did it begin to make any sense to me. Yet, I think he'd like to have stayed friends w/ any of you too. And he's obviously shy in some way; so do take the initiative if you like. (This woman that typed the inappropriate, suggestive comment, that he deleted; Conor hasn't ever met. She'd applied for a job w/ him sometime ago & then found him him on fb.) I just absolutely did not mean to in any way offend any of you, especially those of you that have met Conor.! He's happy to have a fan page; but he might enjoy regular fb too still. And thank you for becoming a fan of his if you did! And, she's still his friend, the 1 he hasn't ever met, Ann T., that wrote that comment that struck me strange! It wasn't jealousy either.I feel bad I disconnected like though.
No, this doesn’t make any sense to me either.
I don’t even recognize this Facebook “Friend.” (But I suspect she was in a play of mine in 1993. Which would mean that 16 years ago was the last time I spoke with her.)
I have absolutely no idea what she’s talking about in this email, or why it would matter in any way. But given the way she seems so worked up about something so trivial, I’m content to continue our 16-years-and-counting of non-communication.
July 7th, 2009 at 9:58 am
Maybe you just have that effect on women.