A friend in need ?

The business of ‘unfriending’ on Facebook is a delicate one, if your not sure how to say ‘No’ politely, then read on.

I have 500 odd ‘friends’ on Facebook and as far as I can figure out, this is the rough breakdown: 1 spouse (he’s a special guy) + 2 divorced Parents + 1 not-so-evil Stepmother + 6 in-laws + 28 elderly relatives and an assortment of younger cousins (I love my Uncle but I don’t play Farmville with anyone, in fact I dislike being asked) + 30 family friends (who feel a pressing need to paw through all my online albums and leave doting remarks) + 16 relatives of aforementioned spouse + 10 school friends of spouse who are now stalking him + 160 people between the ages of 35 and 25 who knew me in school and university but I would have trouble recognizing on the street + 140 REAL friends I have known at different times and places, these are the kind I want to grow old knowing + 34 acquaintances, a.k.a people I met at a party once and liked + 19 friends of friends that I only know vaguely but are friends with at least a dozen of my other friends + 7 random people I mistook for other people + 10 people who I used to be friends with but have since drifted away from + 3 people who routinely post and tag horrible pictures of me which I must then rush to delete.

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