PEOPLE YOU MAY (REALLY NOT) KNOW



     So he got curious and looked at this People You May Know section in Facebook, you know that part where FB recommends some people you can add as friends.  No, he wasn’t thinking of adding friends, he thought his nineteen FB friends were more than enough.

     There were people in that section which owner he didn’t know from Adam and yet they had more than fifty common friends. Then, he stumbled on this profile account which he quickly recognized. He was already friends with this account, he was sure. He went to his own account for proof and there, he saw the owner of that account liking and commenting on some of his posts, some of it just a year ago.

     Yes, indeed, they used to be friends. But now, she’s only someone he may know. Lol. She had unfriended him. Why, he doesn’t have any clue. He hasn’t seen her and hasn’t talked to her for probably two years now and her account  is still the same. It’s not a new account where she forgot to add him again, so yeah, she really unfriended him. Well, she probably thought his presence in her friends’ list was too inconsequential.

     At least, she didn’t block him, unlike someone who blocked him not only once but twice.  Yes, she has two FB accounts.  She probably thought, too, that he was inconsequential not only to her friends’ list but to her life—and yeah, the last time he checked, she had kept him blocked. (*wipes tears*)

     He went back to looking at People You May Know list, and he concluded that no, he didn’t really know these people. And why would you want more friends in Facebook when the only things that connect you there are likes and hearts, things that are cheaper than sili... friends who could easily abandon you and forget...

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