When I first joined LJ, several years ago, I was delighted that many of the people I knew from Days Gone By were also on. I spent many a happy hour foafing: using flists to find a Friend of a Friend, who maybe I knew. And I found several. But having little or no contact in a couple of decades meant we had drifted apart. They are still fine people, we but quickly fell off each others flists. This isn't precisely the same thing you're talking about, but is a similar phenomena, I think.
Still, once a connection has been made I am loathe to break it. The relationship is there, however tenuous. I can't afford to lose friends, even drifted-apart near-acquaintances. We're still around, someplace.
This may sound strange, but I'm a little jealous that you have so many friends you can lose one.
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Date: 2008-04-23 06:01 pm (UTC)Still, once a connection has been made I am loathe to break it. The relationship is there, however tenuous. I can't afford to lose friends, even drifted-apart near-acquaintances. We're still around, someplace.
This may sound strange, but I'm a little jealous that you have so many friends you can lose one.