What game are you playing?
By zandi458
@zandi458 (28102)
Malaysia
December 16, 2009 3:19am CST
All along I have been a friend to a friend in mylot and that arrangement has already been well established in my friends' list. Out of the blue I was strikeout from the list without me even realizing it until I see the request for friends again. I am puzzled why in the first place I am deleted and requested for friendship again. I really don't understand the mentality of some mylotters who may get bored with friends here and think that we are rubbish whom they can discard at their whims and fancies only to come back in the next hour to recall the friendship. Do you think it is fair to be treated in such a manner when it is no fault of yours? I do have my own principle of once you let me go, I will need time to reconsider approving your request again. I don't want to be viewed as someone not worthy of being a true friend in mylot. I treasure friendship but it must be based upon trust and sincerity.
What say you?
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23 responses
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 Dec 09
I have read the previous responses (like a good girl should ) and I know where you are with this one.
Was it/is it a game that was being played or is it a strategy? At one point there were no friends at all left on that list and I'm not really sure whether it was
a) due to what was said
b) a game
c) a strategy to see who is playing
d) complete misunderstanding about what MyLot is all about.
Whatever the reasons I am following both amused and mystified by these antics
Don't let it bother you Zandi because in this particular case 'friendship' is possibly not even in their dictionary
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Dec 09
I am trying to figure out whether this particular person is having different people operating his account as sometimes I read good responses from him or flawless topics posted from his account. There are times when I can hardly understand what is being said. I am not here to judge others ways of presentation but it is easy enough to spot the difference if you have been reading the work of the person. I might be wrong but you should try to observe the flow of his words the next time you chance upon his discussions or responses. Why is he deleting his friends and requesting the same remain a mystery to me. Does he think that we are a bunch of trapeze artist that he can volley around. I won't succumb to his monkey games unless I know his real reasons for doing so. He might post another discussion asking for thousand apologies to make us believe that he made a gross mistake. He is quite sneaky.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
16 Dec 09
NO, Aunt D, he did it on purpose, he could have just asked for our advice and asked what would happen if he does it. now, i think he's paying that mistake by adding them (am one of them) again in his list. too bad really, i feel irritated for this kind of action,seriously. I'll just hold it off until "he" get's to his senses.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 Dec 09
Reeyan perhaps it is about you ... and perhaps not.
Does it make you happy that a discussion is talking about you?..
I requested you and did not wait for you to decide that you wanted me back on your list. I have advised you on several discussions to loosen up and not be so serious. MyLot is a place for fun but with respect. Many of us respect you and only ask that you do the same because without respect, there can be no friendship.
I read elsewhere that you feel that here we are only here to discuss and friendship does not enter into it. If that is the case, why all the bother to delete all your friends and the re-add them again. I find that someone very confused would do this and it concerns me, just the same as it does Zandi - sometimes you seem top be dishing out your thoughts and be extremely convinced of what you are writing. Other times you seem like another person.
If this is about you, then we do not understand you. If it is about another user, we do not understand them either
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
16 Dec 09
Hi zandi. I don't know what games they are playing, or if they are playing any at all. I know that there are some mylotters that go delete happy if there are inactive members on their list and during this time they may accidentally delete some active members off of their friends list. I don't think it was anything personal against you, at least I hope not anyway.
This is one of the reasons why I don't delete people off of my friends list. Okay, well there was one member, but they had it coming. LOL Other than that I don't see the point and I certainly wouldn't want to accidentally anyone, that's for sure!
Happy mylotting!
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Dec 09
I am sure it wasn't accidental cos I have read this person's earlier post saying that he will delete all the females in his list. Probably he has done it but why request again. He could have forgotten that women population dominate mylot and most of those who responded to his discussions are women. Most probably he realized now that deleting the ladies here will have a negative impact on his discussions
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@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
16 Dec 09
I know who you mean, as I responded to the same discussion. I believe this member to be quite genuine. He just had a bad day & got upset over something inappropiate said to him on My Lot. He maybe have been a bit over the top, deleting friends from his list, but once he recovered from his emotional stress, he soon realised he wanted his friends back on My Lot.
I have found this My Lotter to be very intelligent and he makes some remarkable responses to various discussions.
@sacmom (14192)
• United States
23 Dec 09
I must have missed that discussion, though I think I know who you guys are talking about as this person re requested my friendship before this all came up. I didn't pay much mind to it though, I just accepted it, like I usually do when it comes to friends requests on here. LOL And Alice, I have to agree that the word "friend" on mylot, or online in general, tends to be used rather loosely. But that doesn't necessarily make it a bad thing...
@ahgong (10064)
• Singapore
22 Dec 09
Some times, it is not that they want to strike you off from their list.
I have done that before. And the only reason for doing that is to ensure that with the renewed friend request, I will be able to get the notifications of your postings so that I can catch up with your activity in mylot again.
There were times when I get no notification from that friend in mylot even though he/she is active. It is kinda like a bug in mylot. And when you take them off your friend list and re-request them again, the notifications will come in again.
Try not to take this too seriously. As long as you enjoy yourself here, it doesn't really matter if they re-request you as a friend again or not. If you enjoy their company, approve the request. Otherwise, no harm letting them sit in your pending list for a while!
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
16 Dec 09
Well technically anybody can delete anybody from their friends list for any reason. But if you have some sort of a positive relationship with the person, getting deleted can be pretty puzzling, even hurtful. For myself, I mostly don't delete people from my list unless their account is closed, although if somebody adds me and spams me right away, I might also delete them.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Dec 09
Hi dawn, nothing special with this person. He stood out because of an incident sometimes back where we had a heated debate that resulted in it being deleted. He is a very argumentative person and is no easy meat to deal with. Apparently he deleted everyone from his friends list and resend his request for friends. I was not aware of it until I see his request for friendship again. Probably it is a blessing in disguise that he deleted me from his list. I don't see the need to have a friend that is becoming a torn in the flesh. I have more than enough friends to have a healthy and active interaction here. Thanks for the FR, which am glad to accept.
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@paula27661 (15811)
• Australia
16 Dec 09
I have an idea who the MyLotter is who has done this because he has done the same thing to me. I was puzzled about it too at first but decided to accept the friendship request again once I read his post apologising for making the foolish decision to delete all his friends from his profile. He had his own reason for doing it which I don’t fully understand but seeing that he admitted he made a mistake and said sorry I have him as a friend again.
Of course you may not be referring to the same person and, in that case I cannot answer your question except presume that he or she may have deleted you and realised it was a mistake and now wants your friendship back. You could approve it and send a PM and find out more; you have the prerogative to delete them if you are not satisfied with the reply!
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
16 Dec 09
lol @ 'weird people'
I never really knew what types they were - but now I do
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@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
16 Dec 09
that was a wrong move he made. i can put up with his seriousness but that has draw the line for me
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
16 Dec 09
Good morning Zandi, give them the benifit of doubt because they may have deleted u by mistake but i sure would ask them why i had been deleted to start with. People do things on the spur of the moment to so i would want to find out why it happened to start with. Have a happy day.
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@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
16 Dec 09
PEOPLE, PEOPLE, I quit trying to understand why they do the things they do a long time ago.
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@Opal26 (17679)
• United States
17 Dec 09
Hey zandi~ I know about the person you are talking about and
why he decided to delete some of his (women) friends! And now
he has had a change of heart! It was kind of a bet or something
that a woman put him up to and it really messed up his mind! He
was put down by so many mylotters that he realized that what he
did was very wrong and is trying to fix it. I think that in this
case you should also reconsider and give him another chance! He
was led astray by some evil trolling woman and shouldn't be
totally blamed for his actions! But, it's up to you how you will
decide to deal with this.
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@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
18 Dec 09
Hi there zandi I know what you mean it happen to me once but I never deleted this friend! so I just wonder could just be the system? or something like that? I remember I was mystified by the whole episode I Am like you I do treasure my friends greatly.
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@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
17 Dec 09
Yes, we must treasure our friendship, no matter how moody we are, because it's not fair to delete any friends from our mylot list, just because we are bad mood. So far, i haven't came across this type of people, but if i do came across, i think i will not approve their friendship request anymore. Because it's really unfair to us in the first place, for them to delete our friendship without any good reason.
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@shibham (16977)
• India
16 Dec 09
Hi zandi, i have more than 200 friends in mylot. Some are truly inactive and some are totaly active but i never deleted anyone for the second time. Yes, once i deleted one bcoz he had only one post from months having 1000s of friends list. I never played that game either or i never think that i am deleted by some one. Just accept the requests giving a rapid look on their profile. Good day.
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@bingchen (1119)
• China
17 Dec 09
i agree with you,although relationship in online is virtual and could not understand each other,but as normal friend,we have good manner to treat everybody,not like bad manner,i still believe that real friendship,i can make friends with someone because of their honest and mind mind and help to friend,i think that this good person would be existed in your life.
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@mermaidivy (15394)
• United States
16 Dec 09
I never delte friends off my list because they must get active again someday. I think I probaqbly got deleted off from a lot of mylotters' lists because I was away from mylot for quite a while and didn't update everyday. I don't mind if people add me back but I wazs really happy to see people still remember me and gave me responses.
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@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
16 Dec 09
Hi zandi, I don't think deletions should be taken personal unless it was someone you actually thought of as a friend rather than just a name on your list. I never mean anything personal when I cut mine back but there are some I would never delete even if totally inactive. I did delete someone just to keep control of numbers as we never met at all for months but I always like what she has to say, we met again on one discussion and I immediately re requested and she immediately accepted. It could be that it was done with no other thought than that you were never meeting up.
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@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
16 Dec 09
Hi thea, I don't take matters too personal here but sometimes it puzzles me as I don't understand the rational behind his actions. It is understandable when a person has been dormant or rude, there is reason to delete. Getting the axe when I have been responding regularly send me into tailspin.
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
16 Dec 09
hello
I have a few oldies and other friends on my list that has deleted me for some reason that i didn't understand. that is their choice, but some how they're loyalty as a friend is in question. well, in my solution there i can just leave them stuck in the approve friends request tab.
What the? hey, i know this guy. the "one" who is always serious above all things.but now i think am beginning to think and doubt his motives on even being here. i feel the same way for you there, some how i believe we have more good friends than those who take us out of their circle.
@allknowing (137589)
• India
16 Dec 09
I dont see any reason why anyone should delete anyone's name from the friends' list. Nothing happens if it stays there even if for some reason one is irritated with that person. And in your case if nothing untoward has happened between the two of you it must be a slip. If I were you I would ignore it if nothing has happened between us that is unpleasant and accept that friend once again.
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@alexysabelle (905)
• Philippines
16 Dec 09
the only real game i consider playing is the game of life - the challenges it makes, the up and downs, the pressures of everyday life, of establishing and maintaining friendships, of making life improve, of what can i do best to be remembered once i'm gone, of plying a significant rule to the society, of making the best person i can be, etc. - those are the games i play right now.
it
as to cyber "friends" who delete without apparent reason why they do that and then request again - well maybe i may put a time out to them. i'll rethink if i accept of not. or maybe, can be given a second chance, depends.
in the end - just play your own game and don't be puzzle, maybe your cyber "friend" is puzzled too by his/her behavior he/she just dont noticed it lol!
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@RevampSkunk (107)
• United States
16 Dec 09
Some might not think it's a game. Some might not have a clue, and others have it to screw around with other people.
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