Why MSN annoys me - part 1
I used to be quite the chatter. Stayed up late at night talking to all sorts of people from all parts of the world. I enjoyed it - back then. I had bad experiences of course, with perverts and psychos, but I did make some good friends. But things change and I became less addicted to the MSN-drug. I guess it all started when I got my second BF, before him I had tons of people that I talked to, but when I met him, I completely stopped and put almost all my focus in his direction. Thus, when it ended, I didn't have many MSN-friends left. Some were still there and were happy to see me and I them, but most of them had been reduced to a simple memory. I deleted their names from my friends-list. I didn't block them, cause I never saw a reason to do so. The time passed and I started using MSN even less than before, thanks to LiveJournal. Only on rare occasions would I be online. And then I wasn't even looking to talk to someone, so why I was even there is still a mystery.
Today was one of those rare occasions. And what do you know, a person from my Lunar-past (whom I deleted from my list years ago and haven't spoken to in an even longer time) says "hi". I get this weird feeling. "Why is he talking to me?" I ask myself. I say a simple "hello". He's asking me how I am. I say "good". I'm not interested in knowing anything about him, so I don't ask any questions back. But I am interested to know why he's striking up a convo with me after all this time. I can't get anything out of him, he just says "ok" or "hehe". So, my best bet is that he's turned into a psycho too after all this time. I finish off with telling him that he should delete me from his list, like I did him years ago, since we obviously have nothing to talk about. And then I block him. The first person I've blocked in ages. But it had to be done.
MSN is scary that way, you never know what sort of ghouls and goblins you'll run into. Right now I have 20 people on my list. I'd say I only talk to half that number, or even less, and very seldom too. Some people I don't even know what they're doing there anymore. I wonder if I should go about deleting people differently from now on, to reduce the chances of being haunted. Like, letting people know that I'm deleting them, but not blocking, so if they have something important to say, they can do so. But I don't know - I guess some would take offense and some wouldn't even care. But why take offense if you don't talk to the person who's saying goodbye? That strategy is way more courteous than childhood-friends growing apart and never uttering another word to each other for the rest of their lives. And maybe people on my list have deleted me too only I'm unaware? I don't care though. If you don't talk to me, go ahead and delete me. Otherwise you can be fairly certain that I will delete you, unless you are very special to me.
Today was one of those rare occasions. And what do you know, a person from my Lunar-past (whom I deleted from my list years ago and haven't spoken to in an even longer time) says "hi". I get this weird feeling. "Why is he talking to me?" I ask myself. I say a simple "hello". He's asking me how I am. I say "good". I'm not interested in knowing anything about him, so I don't ask any questions back. But I am interested to know why he's striking up a convo with me after all this time. I can't get anything out of him, he just says "ok" or "hehe". So, my best bet is that he's turned into a psycho too after all this time. I finish off with telling him that he should delete me from his list, like I did him years ago, since we obviously have nothing to talk about. And then I block him. The first person I've blocked in ages. But it had to be done.
MSN is scary that way, you never know what sort of ghouls and goblins you'll run into. Right now I have 20 people on my list. I'd say I only talk to half that number, or even less, and very seldom too. Some people I don't even know what they're doing there anymore. I wonder if I should go about deleting people differently from now on, to reduce the chances of being haunted. Like, letting people know that I'm deleting them, but not blocking, so if they have something important to say, they can do so. But I don't know - I guess some would take offense and some wouldn't even care. But why take offense if you don't talk to the person who's saying goodbye? That strategy is way more courteous than childhood-friends growing apart and never uttering another word to each other for the rest of their lives. And maybe people on my list have deleted me too only I'm unaware? I don't care though. If you don't talk to me, go ahead and delete me. Otherwise you can be fairly certain that I will delete you, unless you are very special to me.