Facebook brings back all kinds of past friends...
By jacklintan
@jacklintan (1302)
Malaysia
May 20, 2011 5:34pm CST
Tonight, I was feeling rather restless. I got online and the first thing was facebooking some replies and then I will check my emails as usual.
Co-incidentally, I clicked on some of the old high school "friends" and my heart just sinked. Most of them married foreigners and they moved away to far away places.
There were some school bullies and gossipers from old school times, which got me upset whenever I saw them on FB.
Why do I feel this way? Has the anger passes by?
Facebook can be quite a dramatic, roller-coaster place to be. Hmm...Is it just me ??
How about you?
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14 responses
@insulin (2479)
• Philippines
20 May 11
I've heard the facebook is in the top 5 facts of divorce in some latest Shine article.Yes facebook do have automatic program where it connects you to the possible people you know.Just two days ago,my ex-boyfriend's facebook page appear and I think it was 7 years since the last time we see each other then his wife sent me message but politely asking if I'm the long term ex-gf of his husband now and I answered of course.Sometimes I hate visting facebook since I don't want to face conversations.I just normally share things there that's all.
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@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
hi insulin,
You must be tough to answer the wife of the ex-bf. In fact, you don't need to answer her at all. :0
Life move on. You have been a better person than before.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
She is just too much too. she should leave her husband's past behind.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
22 May 11
It's the same for me. I got in touch with old classmates and friends. When I created my account, I immediately invited them up and chatted them. Reminiscing old times certainly is an emotional rollercoaster ride.
@frontvisions101 (16043)
• Philippines
23 May 11
Actually, Facebook is boring me. It's been a while since I've visited it.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
22 May 11
hi frontvisions,
thanks for the response. Hope you have a great time on FB.
good luck
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
21 May 11
Hi. jacklintan. You are not the only person that feels this way too. I feel sadness whenever I see the people that I have went to high school with. These same people don't want to accept my friend request at all. They are angry with me for nothing. They still carry the same hateful feelings that they have carried with them when we was in school together. How very sad! That is why I am not on Facebook that much because of people that act like they can't be friendly. Being on Facebook sometimes makes me feel sad because I have been rejected and have been seen as an outcast to the same people that I have attended school with. It seems like their feelings for me has not changed at all.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
hi cream97,
I know how you feel and that's why it's making you stronger everyday.
People who rejected you for things happened in the past (highschool days), they're being immature and unreasonable.
You have the biggest heart and the sweetest person on earth to "add" them on facebook.
Don't worry about it, hun. I'll add you.
This is my email. jacklintan@hotmail.com
Hope to get to know more about you. :)
cheerio~~
@joystick (1675)
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21 May 11
I will say that the reason alot of people tend not staying on face book, is due to the people in their past that tend to seem to start up trouble, as well as people split up, cause of trouble o0n face book.I hate it when there are friends back stabbing other friends and i will say that face book is great for that.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
I agree with you. I have a feeling that some past school bullies is going to stabd on my back again and this feeling is rather unbearable. But, I can't be running away forever.
@sinawaliboy (271)
• Philippines
22 May 11
It actually feels great for me. The first time that I signed up for facebook, the thing that caught my attention was it immediately gave me friend requests and suggestions which caused me to find old friends. Seeing old friends again stirs different feelings but in the end, I feel happy because I'm able to get in contact with them again after a long time.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
22 May 11
Hi sina,
nice to know you're catching up with old friends. If you have good memories, it's good to prolong them.
@andreas28 (7)
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21 May 11
I believe Facebook simply reveals the person that we are. There are times that I also have negative feelings evoke from Facebooking. However, I have learned to control Facebook and not to let Facebook control me. So, I change the privacy of my settings, carefully chose my friends, blocked those who I don't to share. I then just reap the benefits of Facebook. I hope you can overcome the anger...
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
Yes, andrea,
Totally agree with you! We control our own life and we make things happened in the most briliant way!
:)
@lipstick2009 (1236)
• Philippines
21 May 11
Like you I found my batchmates from high school. And you know what was my first reaction? I felt like always asking "what happened to you?" My gosh , some of them are overweight, some looks old as my mother, some lost their charm as if there was no charm at all..and so on and so forth.Well , there were some who still looks fit and young for their age, but just about one out of 10.
And yes , it never changed, the intrigues , the desire to make little issues very complicated, the gossip and the backbiting.
You know what i did?I made another facebook and added the chosen friends and my life is more peaceful now.
(^_^)
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
Really, lipstick lady???
Oh...so, I' not wrong about being warned with those back stabbers???
Oh God...hope everything is Ok so far for me. :)
@kingparker (9673)
• United States
21 May 11
I got no problem to reconnect with some old high school pals. It seems that majority of them are married, except me who still single. I would rather try to connect them, but some of them not reply though. So I just move on from there. Anyway, everybody had changed dramatically.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
It's always nice to get to know them in details. It's loving and sweet memories, indeed.
@ANIME123 (2466)
• United States
21 May 11
Facebook is a very rather interesting place you never know when you will get some weird message or receive a friend request that will make you feel many different emotions, but facebook still is very fun. Sure there can be drama on there, but hey their is always drama in life their is no way around it. We all have difficulty controlling our emotions at times, but that;s ok we are only human after all.
@tecchigurl (672)
• Philippines
21 May 11
Going back, Facebook preservs memories. I checked not my list of friends there but the pictures and I felt so nostalgic. I remembered the good times we had becaus eof the pictures posted there. Also, there were bitter times but what the heck. It's also a part of our memories.
@EstiiBabii (685)
• United States
21 May 11
I concur. The one thing I love about facebook is getting friend requests from people that I haven't seen in years or finding profiles of the people that I haven't seen in years. I talk to so many people about how they have been and what they have been up to. It's nice. Sometimes it feels like old times.
@redvakaurvaki (4216)
• Indonesia
21 May 11
well the same experience with you. I found some of old friend and they have the opposite situation than they were. Sometime I got jealous but just... yaaahhhh whatever!!! I'm glad if they are kind of lucky :-)
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
hi redva,
what do you mean old friend in opposite situation?
@siddharth1993 (2)
• India
21 May 11
i have passed out this year from my school and whenever i sit on facebook and i see my school friends and photos that were tagged before when i was at school i feel very gud think of my school lyf and whenever my friends are online we talk about our school days and the mischevious deeds ans funny thigs we did in school. infact i think facebook is the best place to talk to old friends and share our past experiences.
@jacklintan (1302)
• Malaysia
21 May 11
I prefer the idea of reconnecting with old friends for NEW memories.
The past memories have to remain the PAST and I move on to new facets of life.
@whispers168 (768)
• United States
21 May 11
People usw Facebook in a different ways.Some just want to make friends and check on old friends and some use it to try to find someone to be in a relationship with.Its all about how you use it.Facebook could cause you trouble or it could be a lot of fun.If it stresses you out this much maybe you should take a brake from Facebook for a while then see how you feel.Good luck...