I love that Facebook reconnects me with friends I have not spoken to in ages.  The problem Facebook presents for me, however, is that my memory is terrible and occasionally I will get a friend request from someone I’m sure I have never ever heard of.  What do you do with those?  I once got a friend request from someone that slapped me and I nearly added her, but then I thought to myself, “I’m an adult, I don’t have to add this person who was unkind to me.” [Ignore]

(As a side note, my dad was a boxer and he taught me to fight.  It took great restraint not to deck this girl right there.  Truth be told, I was more afraid of the principal than I was this girl)

To that end, I’m going to make a confession…ahem…I hated high school.  I didn’t feel like I fit in anywhere (which now that I’m older I understand that’s how most people felt), I didn’t feel like I had too many friends, I got made fun of, so I didn’t really love it.  *sigh*

I got a friend request recently from someone who was friends with a lot of my friends.  I racked my brain trying to figure out who this was.  I looked at his one bad picture; nothing.  I thought and thought and have no recollection of this person.  After a couple of days I finally added him out of guilt.  Then…he IM’d me.  I successfully made small-talk without actually saying, “WHO ARE YOU?!”.  But I had to know.

I sent an email to one of our mutual friends.

Subject: Who is….

[Insert name]…

I have no recollection and not wanting to be rude I chatted with him when he IMd me. But seriously…Old age…Menopause…Memory blocking…? for the life of me I can’t place him.

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Lol – at least it’s not just me. [Insert name] was in our class at [high school]. I didn’t have any classes with him, but do remember him. I don’t remember any distinguishing activities or clubs he was in. You guys likely had a class together and he’s nursed a crush on your for all these years . After twenty three years, he finally got up the courage to talk to you…and you don’t even remember him!!! (wink wink).

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Well, fortunately I know the crush thing isn’t true because he’s added most people I know from HS. *sigh* Nothing, his name is now sounding familiar to me, but I can’t tell if that because I’ve said it over and over and over…or I really do have some recollection.

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Fine, just break the boy’s heart, again!

So, I’m not any closer to figuring out who this person is…but he’s my Facebook friend.  For now, anyway.