Friends and E-mail forwarding
By bonnie
@bunnybon7 (50973)
Holiday, Florida
December 9, 2011 4:59pm CST
I dont know if you are like me and when you get something particularly funny or interesting, you think of someone in your email contacts that would love that ? So, you forward it. Now, Ive noticed lately I have hardly anyone I can do that without making them upset with me.
Hence, I only have about 2 out of 15 or so, I feel safe to do so any more. these 2 are also the ones that usually send me fun and interesting things nearly every day. You know who you are catd and Alvey
This is because, 2 have complained they dont care to get these. one has complained because I have people that tell me not to let their email shown in forwards which i do use BCC these days. my son griped at me for sending him a couple now and then i really think he'd like. 2 friends said, their email is so full every day, (like sons) dont be sending all that cause it just aggravates them. so, what happened to scan over and delete what you dont have time for? they say they dont have time for that. 
funny, i know one friend thats never complained even though she says she has to put a lot of mylot discussions on hold. (love you Hat) lol! i try not to send her much for that reason. then theres the ones that 2 months down the line, they say oh, i forgot my emails so long, i had 500, so i just deleted all. geesh!! so, whats the point of trying to cheer some people up or giving them great info? sometimes we just want people to know we still love and think of them even if we dont write a personal message. im considering deleting most of my contacts. except the 3 good ones i mentioned. have you had this problem with forwarding? do you like to forward to people you think would appreciate some things? right?
Hence, I only have about 2 out of 15 or so, I feel safe to do so any more. these 2 are also the ones that usually send me fun and interesting things nearly every day. You know who you are catd and Alvey This is because, 2 have complained they dont care to get these. one has complained because I have people that tell me not to let their email shown in forwards which i do use BCC these days. my son griped at me for sending him a couple now and then i really think he'd like. 2 friends said, their email is so full every day, (like sons) dont be sending all that cause it just aggravates them. so, what happened to scan over and delete what you dont have time for? they say they dont have time for that. funny, i know one friend thats never complained even though she says she has to put a lot of mylot discussions on hold. (love you Hat) lol! i try not to send her much for that reason. then theres the ones that 2 months down the line, they say oh, i forgot my emails so long, i had 500, so i just deleted all. geesh!! so, whats the point of trying to cheer some people up or giving them great info? sometimes we just want people to know we still love and think of them even if we dont write a personal message. im considering deleting most of my contacts. except the 3 good ones i mentioned. have you had this problem with forwarding? do you like to forward to people you think would appreciate some things? right?7 people like this
20 responses
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
12 Dec 11
There are a lot of people that don't like the forwards. I like them...they are cute. Some people are afraid of the virus factor of the forwards but there are special ways to send them that protects people. I do forward things that I think people will enjoy. I have gotten a smile or two from a forward that I wouldn't have had before.
Take care and keep being you bunnybon.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Dec 11
i know. its not like i fill their boxes up with stuff. just one or 2 every other day or so. plus, i dont complain. i just scan through and appreciate the good ones. plus i have virus scan on my mail. i wonder why they dont?
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@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
18 Dec 11
Hello lovely lady...I have a select few whom I forward things to mainly because they forward stuff to me to. Like you say, it's how we keep in touch and at times, how we say I love you, appreciate you, am thinking of you. My hope is to make them feel good or to give them a laugh. Those I never hear from get deleted after a while and I wonder why I added them in the first place...probably out of politeness.
I have a friend who sends me all sorts of emails...some I don't care for at all, some are naughty but still very funny, some are cute, and some are friendly. I mostly delete emails that say forward this to everyone on your mailing list or forward this to 10 friends. These are sent by sites to grab your cookies so they can spam you...as well as everyone who gets the email that is being forwarded. Obviously, I cannot send all emails to everyone but I pick and choose who gets what.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
18 Dec 11
iam getting that very same attitude lately mstickle. and im picking and choosing. and when someone complains to much, i delete them. obviously they dont want for cheering up. 
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@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
10 Dec 11
I, for one, enjoy a good laugh and if that comes from a forwarded email, fine! I do appreciate what you send and can't think of any time you've ever offended me with one of those. I'm one of those people that is hard to offend--if I don't like something I just delete it and forget it. Voila! No offense!!
It is considered good manners, though, to erase all the emails addresses before you forward things. You can to that by cutting them out the same as you cut and paste stuff. Cut but hit delete instead of paste. I always do that whenever I forward something I think a friend would get a kick out of. I can't remember offhand if you do that or not but it does protect privacy.
Sometimes I'll send you back a note on the ones I really like.
On the other hand I have a dear friends that really disappoints me. We've known each other for 20 years and although I moved away we talk on the phone occasionally. He and his wife are my two best friends for decades. She isn't into email and his emails consist of forwarded stuff exclusively. No updates, no hello, no chatting. I guess forwarding is his way of telling me they are thinking about me and I shouldn't gripe.
It is considered good manners, though, to erase all the emails addresses before you forward things. You can to that by cutting them out the same as you cut and paste stuff. Cut but hit delete instead of paste. I always do that whenever I forward something I think a friend would get a kick out of. I can't remember offhand if you do that or not but it does protect privacy.
Sometimes I'll send you back a note on the ones I really like.
On the other hand I have a dear friends that really disappoints me. We've known each other for 20 years and although I moved away we talk on the phone occasionally. He and his wife are my two best friends for decades. She isn't into email and his emails consist of forwarded stuff exclusively. No updates, no hello, no chatting. I guess forwarding is his way of telling me they are thinking about me and I shouldn't gripe.@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
11 Dec 11
Oh no, I didn't mean you! You and I talk here, we know we're friends and can keep up with each other. I think my other friend is just so busy and he wants me to know he's thinking of me without taking a lot of time. I appreciate his keeping in contact between phone calls but we all love the personal touch, right? You and I are okay!
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
so sorry,i about never send you an actually personal email. i also try not to over pile your email. so, thats why you dont get a lot from me friend.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
16 Dec 11
Hiya bunnybon,
I thought I could send e-mails well I have only sent them two just to ask how they are but now I am not even bothering as they just don´t reply and that´s it.
So although it hurts a bit because you thought they wanted to be in contact with you I have given it up altogether.xxx
With others outside I don´t bother at all as others report you for spamming just for nothing so I have been very careful for ages.xxx
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Dec 11
thats very sad loving. perhaps they just are so busy they havent gotten around to answering emails. all i have is 2 or 3 people that communicate faithfully. so at least here people usually answer for a reason its more money if they realise it.1 person likes this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Dec 11
Hiya bunnybon,
It is sad but I can´t be bothered to cry about them as they are supposed to be close Family but I have closer Friends out of here than that.
Suppose its the way it happens too in life don´t you think?
That´s why I bother to read the list in my e-mail even the spam in yahoo but they never turn up so its up to them I have done all I can do to keep in touch with them.
They will probably whine and say no one wants to know them when its them who does not want to know anyone else.xxx
@inertia4 (27960)
• United States
11 Dec 11
Well, email today, unlike it used to be is not a major thing anymore with the introduction of social networks. Lots of people consider emails today as spam. Most people connect with their friends on sites like FaceBook and send private messages. And also with smart phones, that is now a way of life.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
yes im just up to a couple yrs ago i guess. in the dark ages here, huh?
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@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
16 Dec 11
hi bunnybon I forward as well with using BCC most of the time when I do. However with me only being home for the weekend normally (have this week off now) the nice and funny forwarded stuff will end in the Miscellaneous Folder wh ere my husband puts everything when he cleans up a little bit online for me during the week. So these nice cheering mails got to wait till I am home again for the weekend and have time to see them and of course forward them.......
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
16 Dec 11
and so the weekend is on now. i hope you enjoy it and have lots of cool stuff to see on here
@RitterSport (2451)
• Lippstadt, Germany
16 Dec 11
hi dear bunnybon I really enjoyed having been home for a week now, and getting to read lots and lots of e mails. LOL
have a wonderful weekend
@SViswan (12051)
• India
10 Dec 11
No one has complained to me so far about forwarding mails. But then, I don't forward to everyone either. It's just a few that I know who would be interested in. Sometimes, I choose from these list of friends too since I know that some of them might not really enjoy the jokes.
I haven't complained to my friends who send me forwards either...though with all my mylot backlogs and all the other sites I am subscribed to, I have around 7000 pending mail to be checked.
@SViswan (12051)
• India
12 Dec 11
I've got so many things going on that I don't check my mail daily and even if I do, I might delete the unnecessary ones but the mylot notifications remain and I really don't have the time to go page by page and put it all in a folder. I do that once in a while when I get the time and go through the folder to respond when I have time. I was regular about this routine last year....even then I always had around 2000 pending mail to read. But once I got into my homeschooling routine, I just lost track of the emails :-(
@daeckardt (6237)
• United States
22 Jul 12
I have over 1270 in my mylot folder and many of those emails have multiple discussions on them. I don't delete them because I know that some day I will get to them and I would be very upset if I deleted something precious. I do delete things that I know are junk and occasionally if I see something from someone I know I will look before I delete in case it is something I want to share. I think I am far more likely to share something on facebook than anywhere else because that's what people do there and there are a lot of good things to share there too. Sometimes the stuff people forward to my email aren't worth my effort, but I generally will look at it anyway especially if it might have a message that would make me feel good about myself. I don't often forward things in emails because people turn around and show me where what was in the email was proven to be false. I guess the main thing is to forward selectively. Have a great weekend!!!
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Jul 12
yes im just selective these days. lots of times i just dont if its not really fun or important. 
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
10 Dec 11
I forward alot of jokes & like to get them to. Different strokes for different folks i always heard, lol.
@celticeagle (164285)
• Boise, Idaho
10 Dec 11
I get these type emails from afew and always enjoy them. If I don't like one I just delete it and move on. Try not to gripe about them. I think I need to PM some of these gals and get their email addresses so I can share in the fun of getting and sending these funny and interesting emails.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
ok. i would just have to figure out what you dont like. and what you do.1 person likes this
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
10 Dec 11
I totally understand what you are saying. I love to forward things to people I think would enjoy them. If I get something I don't like, I just don't say anything, I just delete it and go about what ever I was doing.
People are way to sensitive these days. People use to send actual messages or letters by email, now they just forward something from someone else.
I am guilty of doing that also. But, I do like to send messages as well to my friends through emails.
I have deleted a lot of my contacts over the years. Heck there are enough grumpy people in life, including me at times. I don't need that in emails as well.
Have a nice evening.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Dec 11
i do feel bad that i seldom send real emails. the thing is, i do try to be real choicey about what i forward. like if i think it might offend someone i dont forward certain things to certain people but if i know they love dogs or cats or something, i do. etc. its not much but i hope they know from that im thinking of them. 1 person likes this
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
11 Dec 11
I am the same way, I occasionally will write something, but for the longest time I will send things that I think they will enjoy. I guess our lives just become so busy or filled with things that one just doesn't take the time to email letters, or even sit down a write a letter.
Oh, well such is life.
Have a nice evening.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
14 Dec 11
Though I have to say that I don't mind to receive things that friends of mine have forwarded to me, I'm not one of those people that will continue things to my contacts unless it is something that really stands out to me.
In fact, I love to get these, especially when they are something that is really funny because when it comes to getting a smile out of me these days, I will take things any way that I'm able to get a smile.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
15 Dec 11
cool. ive been trying not to send you much cause i didnt want to over load your mail box
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
11 Dec 11
I think that it has been years since I have forwarded something. Mostly because I am always looking over my e-mail, just scanning for anything truly important, and deleting the rest. Given the amount of time that I am going to have during my day, I only have time for the important ones, so obviously, I won't really be paying attention to the amusing ones.
Every now and again, I might see something amusing, but I really do not think to forward them to another person. So they just get thrown right in the trash after I look at it, if I notice it. I do get a lot of spam(and scam) messages that are rather funny, but that is a different kind of funny for sure. Not exactly the type I would forward to someone, who might actually buy what is being said.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
well of course i dont forward spam that would definately get me on the outs with friends. in fact i once had a friend that kept spamming me and nothing else. i blocked her of course. 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
11 Dec 11
i have also done that. and i guess ive gotten about as much response i get a bit tired of FB not much from friends at times.
@lilaclady (28207)
• Australia
9 Dec 11
Yeh I don't send forward many things anymore unless they are exceptional, a lot of people a sick of these things now, so I don't do it anymore.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Dec 11
so true. but i like it some for myself. if i dont care for the forward, i just delete it and go on. i dont chastis them. im glad they care enough to do it. 
@yoyo1198 (3641)
• United States
9 Dec 11
I do have a problem with forwarded stuff that shows everyone's addresses in the header. When I forward, I always go via the BCC. But I do enjoy some of the stuff that is forwarded. I have notified some of these 'forwarders' and when they continue, I just block them.
I have one aunt that always sends me political commentary, cartoons, etc. I usually just delete hers as we're on opposite sides of the political spectrum.
I rarely forward anymore but if something is just too good not to share, I will pick and choose who gets it.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Dec 11
I DO!! i do pick and choose only ones i think is interested. but lately even one or 2 in a couple weeks time, i get chastised by some. so, i give up. i do BCC to.
@jazel_juan (15747)
• Philippines
10 Dec 11
I used to receive these kinds of email..either funny or those chain prayers.. i did those stuff, forward and receive and it was fun.. but then as time passed by fewer people do these..with the onset of social sites, they barely open their emails i believe. instead they would just directly go to fb and check messages there..but i do love receiving stuff especially the funny ones.
I could even remember looking forward to receiving ecards as well! those with funny moving characters and lovely songs! so if you want to send me one bunny i would too..and i could send you one as well.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Dec 11
ok. i will admit though, i hate chain mail. it forces you to forward things. then i feel im forcing people. but iam at least nice enough if i have to to put in the SUBJECT "this is chain mail". so i think thats fair and i wish my friends would consider it. i have mentioned it and the only one that seems to forget is my one daughter. 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Dec 11
i love you girl and the funnies you send. i got a couple goodies today to from you and alvey, sent on. hugs, bon
@LaDeBoheme (2004)
• United States
9 Dec 11
I don't forward to people because I am one of those who hate to receive them. I feel if someone wants to know they're thinking of me, call me selfish but I want a personal message.
I will say with the advent of Facebook (of which I am not a member), the forwards have dwindled. I guess because everyone is posting these 'gems' on their wall.
Hallejuah! 
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
9 Dec 11
maybe like some you dont like being online that much. thats another thing some tell me. @dwetherell (37)
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10 Dec 11
I enjoy sharing a good e-mail every now and then and I don't mind getting them from my friends. It shows me that they are thinking about me. If I don't want to read it or don't have the time, I delete it and move on. Now, it gets a little dicey when they ask me face-to-face if I have received something they sent and what my opinion of it was. I just let them know that I haven't been able to read it...I don't tell them that I deleted.
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
10 Dec 11
good idea. at least you dont hurt their feelings like my kids do me when they say they just dont have time to look and they just delete it. when you know they read friends emails.