Deleating a friend
By TerryZ
@TerryZ (22076)
United States
October 29, 2007 11:11am CST
Do you think its silly to deleate a friend from your list just because they didnt agree with one of your discussions? Thats what happened to me today.LOL I think its really imature!LOL Dont you? I guess this person wasnt really my friend after all.
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28 responses
@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
29 Oct 07
Yes that is very silly. I would never do that to you or anyone else for that matter. So what if someone doesn't agree with you, that shouldn't be a reason to not be a friend. So I guess if that person didn't want to be your friend because you disagreed with them, then you are probably better off not being friends with them. Hope all is well with you. Take care!
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@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
29 Oct 07
We are all doing fine. What was the discussion about? I would be interested in reading it. If you want pm the link to the discussion.
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@speedy1279 (2665)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I went and read the discussion. Wow, what nerve of that lady. I would hate to see her do customer service. She would probably be just as bad as the lady you encountered at Kmart.
@ctrymuziklvr (11057)
• United States
29 Oct 07
The only reason I will delete a friend is if they have not logged in for a week or more. I don't care how they respond to my discussions. If that were the case I would have a lot less friends than I do. I didn't know we could tell when someone deleted us. Did you get a message from mylot or something?
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@lecanis (16647)
• Murfreesboro, Tennessee
29 Oct 07
Hmm. I have deleting people from my friend's list because of disagreements, but never without talking to them about it first. And it was only disagreements in which they displayed severe intolerance and rudeness. I have no interest in having people on my friend's list who spread hatred, and therefore I will delete people who do so, after talking to them about my reasons.
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@foxyfire33 (10005)
• United States
29 Oct 07
I'm going to agree that it seems immature but only to a point...one of the reasons to have friends here is to have a group of people with at least some similar interests. So if I was butting heads with a "friend" on a lot of issues and we never got along, I would probably delete them also after a while of it. But to do it after just one incident does seem quite silly. And you're right they probably weren't much of a friend!
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@maddysmommy (16230)
• United States
29 Oct 07
Only one discussion? yes very silly - obviously not mature enough to handle a disagreement or a difference of opinion - obviously not a friend.
BTW how can you tell if they have deleted you?
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@usmcsgtwife (4997)
• United States
29 Oct 07
that's probably the craziest thing I have ever heard, Everyone is entitled to there opinion and not everyone is going to agree with you, If they did not like your reply then they should of just gave you a negative rating and left it at that.
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@estherlou (5015)
• United States
30 Oct 07
I only answer discussions from my friends notifications list. If I get a notification of a discussion that I find offensive, I may check out their profile to see if I still think we have like interests or values. I have deleted some from my friends list because of offensive discussions.
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@crazy_ol_lady (1014)
• United States
29 Oct 07
Hi terry,
Yes, I think it is silly and immature to delete a friend because of not agreeing in a discussion. I thought we were here to discuss our discussions. Doesn't that mean to agree to disagree? Not everyone will agree on everything all of the time. Some friends will disgree with a discussion, and that is to be expected. If it goes against what they believe, then they have a right to disagree, and to express their opinion as such. This does not mean it has to be an argument, just a disagreement of a particular topic.
We all have the right to express our opinions in agreement or not. It doesn't mean we don't like someone, just that we disagree on the topic of choice. We can still be friends, and continue to discuss our discussions.
Happy posting..
@mengmeng_007 (12)
• China
30 Oct 07
I think that person is so silly.If I were him I won't do that.Everyone has different opinions,so maybe sometimes we can't agree with others,but it's so bad to deleat a friend.I think he is not your true friend!
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@swtcherrypie229 (5)
• United States
29 Oct 07
I think it's kinda childish that someone would delete you for that, Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and just because your opinion isn't what they expected they get upset and delete you, You better without them because if someone gets upset about something so small chances are slim that they were even your friend in the first place. Sorry to hear about that.
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@bonbon664 (3466)
• Canada
29 Oct 07
Yes, I think it's very petty and immature. I delete friends if they have never posted anything or responded to any of my discussions, but, never, never just because someone has disagreed with me.
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@suspenseful (40193)
• Canada
29 Oct 07
The only friends I delete are those whose other friends have made the request for them. So what I do is for them to ask their friends to request me directly. I have not deleted someone who did not agree with me and boy do I have lots of them who do not. It is immature and shows they are so insecure of their beliefs that they are afraid to defend them.
I wonder what discussion it was. Just curious. I will look and see.
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@AmbiePam (92401)
• United States
29 Oct 07
Unless a person disagrees with me in a way that I question their very moral capacity, I would never delete a friend over a difference of opinion. I know there are several things I disagree about with some of my mylot friends, but that is a part of living. No one is going to agree with everyone. I think it is a bit petty. Perhaps they are mad at someone else way more than you, but they can actually do something about being mad at you. A shame though.
@dpk262006 (58676)
• Delhi, India
7 Nov 07
No, I will never delete a friend from the list, because our thoughts are different. When we see with different thoughts and ideas, then only we learn something. Having two different opinions should not be a cause for deleting a name.
@ChaJudLeoBit (1656)
• United States
10 Nov 07
I only deleat people if they offend me in some way. Like one I deleted recently who started some horribly raunchy discussion that had me shocked that he was even on my list to begin with. Instant delete! If someone were to be mean or rude, I'd delete them, but not just for differing opinions. That's what a relationship is, having people show you the other side of an argument. Someone who is ALWAYS in agreement isn't sincere.
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@femimi (872)
• Indonesia
29 Oct 07
hahaha... sounds funny... Differences is nature thing in our life, and people supposed to be different, if not we will getting bored. So if someone always keep his/her opinion without listening to others, I think he/she is stupid person, because it means that he/she can't live anywhere in this world :D
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