There are certain things that should be done in person. Serious conversations for instance should be done in person. Like oh say telling someone you're cutting them out of your life. Yeah, I'd definitely classify that as an in person conversation if you plan on telling them at all. I'd never actually heard of someone feeling the need to tell someone they're being phased out as a friend, I always though it just sort of happened. That is until the other night someone wrote me a facebook message about how I was no longer going to be involved in their life, nor they mine.
That's right, a friend informed me they didn't want to be my friend anymore. Haddock always jokes about saying "friends off" when I don't agree with her on something silly, but this person seriously called "friends off" on me. And then gave me permission to blog about it... In case any of you were wondering if I would have blogged about the incident regardless of permission being given; the answer is yes, I would have. Nobody controls this blog but me. I live in 'Merica.
I really wonder what has gotten into our generation that they think emails, facebook messages, and text messages are a decent medium for communication of serious issues. If you can't have a face to face conversation, and I mean physically cannot as opposed to being a coward, then a phone call is in order. I understand the allure of electronic communication when delivering bad news though. It's hard to punch someone in the face via the internet.
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