Have you ever 'deleted' or 'ignored' your friend in your real life??
By easy888
@easy888 (10405)
Australia
April 8, 2007 2:17am CST
Have you had any experience of 'deleting' or 'ignoring' your friend in real life , for example, when they call you, you tend not to answer their calls and brush them off?
For example, if you get a friend who is working in an insurance company and try to promote something to you,will you ignore them?
Or have you get any friends who you would never want to contact when you have gathering with a group of friends ?
My brother has a friend who will hit on every women he meets and want to hook up with them no matter the women are married or not, that is why my brother will never call that guy when there are some women in a gathering. Otherwise, my brother may be embarrassed.
Or will you guys delete the contact of your ex-partners??
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@kathy77 (7486)
• Australia
8 Apr 07
Oh yes sometimes I have had this experience with a friend and have pretended not to be home when they have called. Well I do not blame your brother and he should stay right away from this so called friend, as he would end up with a bad reputation himself.
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@misheleen73 (6037)
• United States
8 Apr 07
I only ignore acquaintances on occasion. I work midnight shift, so if they call during the day, I may ignore their calls. Or if they want me to attend a party or something that I do not want to go to, I may say I have to work to not have to go. But as faras "friends" are concerned. I have very few true "friends" and for them I am always there, always available and always taking their calls. Even when I am super tired.
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@raijin (10345)
• Philippines
8 Apr 07
We do this sometime to get rid of the nasty and unnecessary things that we want to forget in our lives, as most of the times it is because of the hurt that we feel at that certain moment in time.
I also have ignored and dumped some of my friends who I don't seem to get along with, especially when I find them rude to others. I dump them away easily, because I don't want to wait for a time where I would be the one whom they would be treating like that. It's much better to ignore them, try to mingle more with people which are more deserving to be our friends.
And I quote, "I've got nothing to loose, but everything to gain."
@amar_sandy1987 (1876)
• India
8 Apr 07
no never i never done that in real life but onlie frnds internet frnds all over the world who irratets me to them i have neglictated to them i have ignored
@wildhorse (1293)
• Egypt
8 Apr 07
Offline, I think I only deleted one friend and ignored several for different reasons, but they were not really good friends, you know friends of friends who join your group and be part of it either you liked or not as most of the group seems to welcome them.. They look OK at first then you start to see how annoying they can be and here I start the "ignore" I just try to avoid them and make limits and they understand, only one who was very annoying person and would not understand hints and I had to delete him all together.. As for the other question, I don't delete the contact details of ex friends or whatever.
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@catalin_1105 (141)
• Romania
8 Apr 07
Yes I deleted a frind in myy real life,I delete abi but not ignored,"deleted" is different to "ignored",I accepted this frind , then i Deleted:D!!
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@anbfriend63 (307)
• India
8 Apr 07
a true friendship is not lost easily but some friends may be having different nature with which u cannot carry on and in that case i prefer he/she does not call me but once called i do attend to them nicely. friendship is a blessing if it is true one.
@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
8 Apr 07
I have ignored one of my previous real life friends because I knew every time he would call me, he wanted something for me and would never return the favor or pay me back if I let him borrow something. He was always trying to take advantage of me and it has been a few years now and he never returned my computer. Anytime that he would call or email I would not respond back. Everyone else I will not ignore, unless I am busy at the time, in which case I will call them back later.
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@shenzhouplaza (1676)
• China
9 Apr 07
If he IS my friend, I will tell him directly and openly not to do that kind of things, cos,I do not want any of my friends to be hurt. your brother is right,Different Friends gathered according to different situations.if the man ruins every situation,so just DELETE him from your friend list.
@iinvention (646)
• India
8 Apr 07
No, I have not ignored any friends in any of the situations. If i wish that, the behavior of my friend will bring me some problem, then i will inform him, how i want him to behave in the group, so that my name and his name is saved. We have to advise our friends and try to bring them from their bad habits and behavior, which is possible to some extent by friends
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
8 Apr 07
i did delete some of the people i know, and at past time i called them friends, but never before telling them my reasons. it is usually people that did me some harm and are not worthy of being called a friend. i never had a situation in which i ignored the phone calls from them, without telling them why i do not wish them to contact me anymore.
and about friends that call, like the example you gave of the guy that works in the insurance company and will always call to promote things, i will make things very clear to him right at the start, and that is that i am not interested, and he will not call me again as a business man but just as a friend about other issues that life helds.
about what you said in that example of your brother, if that was the case that i would experiance, i would have a talk with this friend and tell him what is bothering me, i would not ever ignore him, or not invite him to special events because i am embaressed in him. i really thing that there should not be friendships that contain shamefacedness
in them.
@ironstruck (2298)
• Canada
8 Apr 07
I am one of those people who is a great friend to have, because I am very fussy about who is a friend.
I would do pretty well anything for a friend.
However, if they are ever dishonest with me, that is pretty well the end of that friendship.
I do delete them, because much like a spouse who cheats, you will never be able to totally trust them again. You will always wonder when they will let you down again.
Years ago I was foolish and put up with that over and over again from the same people, but not anymore.
Now I have a "zero tolerance" attitude. Mess with me once and I am looking for the DELETE button!
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@jynxypanda (394)
• Philippines
8 Apr 07
I have to say that I have ignored a friend already... Usually when I'm in such a bad mood and they YM me on yahoo messenger or text me, i'd usually ignore them and not reply. One time I remember that my friend really needed my advice on something but I ignored the text message because I was just such in a bad mood. I'm a moody kind of person but sometimes I'm really nice. I really feel awful after doing that though and I'd reply later when everything's cool. I'll also ignore a friend if he really gets on my nerves too.
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@jynxypanda (394)
• Philippines
8 Apr 07
I'm sorry for the double post! I didn't realize it got in!
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@cnkpcell (26)
• China
8 Apr 07
some friends can't deleted or ignored,because they have made relationship with you,and approach your life. but someone must deleted in my real life,because they bring me hurts, you will ignore them.
who is your friend,trust is the first characteristic of each other.
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@linda345 (2661)
• Canada
8 Apr 07
I was on the other end of the stick. My friend began to ignore me. A group of us always joked around saying things about each other. Teasing I guess. I said something. She didn't like it. She did speak to me for a week. She wouldn't answer my emails, telephone calls, etc. I am afraid it happened again last night. We were all joking around last night. I said something. I was supposed to be her ride home. All the sudden she texted her son to pick her up. I emailed her last night and she didn't email me back. I hate stuff like this. I just hope that I didn't offend her again. I am the type if you offend someone tell them and say your sorry and get over it. Friendship is too important to lose over jokes. Especially if everyone is joking around.
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@slickcut (8141)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Hello easy,Yes i am sorry but i do have a friend i do ignore sometimes...Just like your brothers friend,I don't blame your brother,who wants someone around that hits on every woman in the place? I think your brothers friend brings this ignoreance on himself.He should not be that way.I have a friend that wants to spend at least one hour talking about people,she gossips..When she calls and i don't feel like hearing her run everybody down I won't answer.I will call her back when I can deal with her,i think people that you have to avoid has to clean up their problems and others would not ignore tham
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@ag_abscruzmd (2283)
• United States
8 Apr 07
Well, temporarily. You see, I don't choose my friends. They want to be friends with me, I would accept them. The problem is, sometimes they get too clingy, or dependent, or would look at you as some kind of a potential business source. These things are fine, but when already repetitive, I would then ignore that friend temporarily. I believe he/she has to grow up too, or deal with his/her problems on his/her own (if I deem that to be better for that friend). Too much familiarity breeds either boredom or contempt. I would like to stay friends with all of them for the longest time. As for ex-partners, I would always remain friends with them, and even stay friends with their present partners. I don't have problems dealing with friends. I may keep a comfortable distance for a while but then later on, would keep in touch with them again. Happy myLotting!
@nowment (1757)
• United States
8 Apr 07
I was friends with some people that participated in a group thing, and two members of the group both friends or people I felt were friends of mine, had a disagreement, one friend wouldn't tell me what the disagreement was just expected me to blindly take her side, over the other person. The other person told what happened from his point of view and didn't understand why the other person was mad, from what I could tell I don't know why the other person was mad either. Yes he could have omitted something from his version of the story but since she wouldn't tell me I had only the information he gave me.
I told her point blank I was not going to take sides, that I would not be put in the middle of other people's arguments, especially when I didn't know what was going on.
She got mad at me for not blindly taking her side, in a situation where I know she is hot tempered and was looking for a fight in general. Yes I also know he can be abrasive and obnoxious as well, but since I didn't have any real information my stance was simple I would still be friends with both parties.
She however took that to mean I was taking his side, and declared me an enemy, so I am not sure if deleting, and ignoring her was ignoring a friend she began by bad mouthing me to others and spamming and harrassing me, so I just walked away. Yes she was a friend one I felt needed help, one I was willing to be there for, but she turned things into something less plesant, so I walked away.
SO not sure that it was ignoring a friend in real life or not.
When it comes to my friends in real life, for the most part I don't know people I don't want to be around so I don't face this issue.
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@teison2 (5921)
• Norway
8 Apr 07
I have some friends that I know will not be a good match - they are so different, and I know they will get into heated arguments about politics and stuff like that every time they meet. So it is better to see them separately. I also used to have a few friends that are not my friends anymore. One told lies about me to a whole bunch of people. I just stopped talking to her. I never called, and when we met I'd exchange some polite frases and move on. i do not need friends like that.
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@goutham86 (26)
• India
8 Apr 07
I have not actually deleted a friend.
But i have ignored a few sometrimes. Its mostly when I dont feel like going out and some of them pester me to go hang out togehter. I usually dont answer calls and will call them back late at night knowing that by that time they are thru with the going out idea.
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