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Originally Posted by montsnmags
SNIP. since then, almost exclusively it's been me to hit the "Befriend" button (which also means that, if I've not tried to do so with some of you here, it's a product of poor memory - thinking I already had - or procrastination rather than any concept of selectivity).
I'm not sure why I'm the one sending them, rather than receiving. I don't think anyone has "rejected" it - the recipients seem to feel the same enthusiasm as I at the notion of becoming "friends", but I just don't get the invites myself. Perhaps my rare moments of foolishness are off-putting. [shrugs]
The odd thing is, I'm not a social person, and "in real life" I don't make friends easily, or at all pretty much, and don't attempt to. Overtures of friendship are not a significant part of my personality.
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You got me, I checked, thanks!
I think online gives people a chance to be who they really are (or who they are not) and it comes with little risk, initially. Get a bad response? There are thousands of forums out there. Try another. But once you commit to a forum (such as MR) rejection would hurt. People who look different, act different, are shy, etc have an easier time online as they can kind of mold themselves into who they represented. Plus, I think most online communities are more accepting of the unusual (this one in particular
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I ramble because it's not the Word! Thread and I can. And also because I have thought of this before. I am not super shy and I make friends relatively easily, but I have always been a little quirkier than the average gal tends to be and I constantly edit myself irl. No editing necessary here!
And now I must shower. My fingers are numb from typing this out on a crackberry and I have a big day planned. But Marc, I leave with this golden moment: "thank you for being my friend". (You have to imagine Bea Arthur singing it for full effect)