To Friend or Not To Friend. . .That Is the Question

"But i still feel a bit weird about sending a friend request to someone I probably should know" Is it really the feeling of being weird or you just don't want to make the first move? Sometimes it's just like that, either a bit shy or somehow afraid of being rejected. For me, try to befriend him/her who knows you can be real good friends too as the world between you two is small for not meeting eahcother in the future.

I have experienced same with you. I didn't accept her as my friend. It all depends in you.

I would add the person, as you mentioned your kids go to the same school. Its likely you know her and just don't realize that is the case. I found several of my daughters friends were people I knew and couldn't remember their names. One ended up bringing my daughter home from school one day and when I saw her drive into the driveway and wave I was so surprised, as I should have known her name all along. She was one of the Mom's of one of my daughters very good friends. She had changed her hair color and looked so different.

Dear Suzie, I have been in a similar situation. I don't add people as friends unless I know them personally. Have a great day!

Usually I don't reject those friend ship in Facebook. I am a person who loves to have a lot of friends and I don't miss any chances to create a friend ship relation. Facebook is the one of the house which has gifted many friends and I am happy to tell you that I have a lot of close of friends there. I think you also can do the same

Haha! I guess you love reading books and maybe one of your favorite author is Shakespeare, it's like the popular words in Hamlet. Anyway, I've been in the same situation, but I didn't bother to add the person unless he/she wants to know me first. Facebook is not only for meeting new people but also for staying in touch with the people you met in your life.

Personally I would go to her profile and see if I could see enough information to see if I did personally know her.But,then some people block their information from everyone except friends.What I would do then is ask her to be my friend then when accepted go in and see if I can guess who she is then. If you still don't know then ask her.It never hurts to ask anyone anything.All she can do is say no she won't answer you.Maybe if when you write her explain who you are....who know's you might know her.Ask your kids if they know any kids with her last name. You never know,she might be the other mom you talk to at the bus stop everyday.

I think we've all been in similar situations. If you don't know the person at all I wouldn't. Sadly we all got crazy at first adding every person we've heard of from grade school to adulthood. Now I like you are thinking twice about who we are adding and do we know them well enough to let them in?

You don't have to feel obligated to friend anyone. You might snoop around to see if maybe you do know this person (you might have known them with a different name, say if a female uses their married name) . . . ask one of your closer friends about this person. And sometimes you might have a bunch of mutual friends, but you don't actually know this person (this is the case with me on Facebook). I had one friend who suggested I be friends with this one guy . . . so I added him in. I wasn't sure for the longest time if I knew this guy or not. I know we did NOT go to the same high school - but I think we went to the same middle school. After some searching, and looking through my yearbook, I realized I only knew "of" this guy, but we were never friends - not even acquaintances really. We were Facebook friends for a while, and we never ended up communicating at all. So one day he says in his status that he was no longer going to be on Facebook . . . so I deleted him. I figure he wouldn't have noticed either way. If you're really bold, you can message this person and see if you really do know each other!

Wow you do have an uncommon thing here. I don't know anyone that lives in my town let alone state on here LOL I probably have more friends out of country than in LOL What I do is go and see if they have started discussions. Or if not what discussions they had responded to and see if we have a common thread. I always try to think why they would want me as their friend. But I try to take friends that like similar things I do and also find their discussions and replies understandable and good for me personally. I agree though if you and all your friends are in the same town. maybe one of your friends know who the other is? And that could help you make a decision? if not then like I said go on your instinct and gut feeling. Good Luck hon.

I would add the person.Same thing happens to me too.Whenever i log in to my Facebook account,a lot of names pop up.All of them having a lot of mutual friends who are actually my personal friends.I sometimes add them .But sometimes i don't.As i don't spend much time in Facebook chatting.So why add them if you are not going to talk?

Friend only people you know. If curiosity's taking over the judgmental side of your brain, then you should meet him in real life first, with the consultation of another friend. Most of the people on my friend list are people who I've met physically at least once.

Well, in my opinion you should sent a friend request right away. Because for me, facebook is used to connect my and my friends in the online world. I am same as you which we don't sent friend request for people that we don't know, but you should and maybe in the future when you meet outside you could actually have a real offline chat with her.

If I were you, I wouldn't add her 'cause I only add persons that I really know, people I personally met or I'd been with and find her company good. You don't have to add him/her if you don't feel comfortable doing so.