I deactivated my Facebook account the other day for about 12 hours. Lots of silly drama perpetuated by women who are still in 8th grade emotionally and mentally. And now I am faced with the question of do I want to delete these souls from my Facebook friends list.
For some reason this is a hard one for me. I don't like deleting people, especially people with whom I have shared so much which is common with internet friends. However I am aware I just have to. There's no point in keeping people around who do nothing for you but give you grief and make you question your own sanity. The answer seems obvious but what about the people with deal with face to face or who exist in what people refer to as our "real lives" who also come with grief and frustration? There's no delete button for them. I do know that many people will cut these people off from having contact with them. For many that's just not practical.
So I batted around the though that these people are sort of like people I do deal with and have dealt with for a long time who are simply draining but I have few choices as to whether or not to see or talk to them. But at one point they did have meaning or importance and in some small way still do. I cannot say the same for the Friends list souls. There is no real benefit to keeping friendships with people whom I have never met and who I will never meet. They do not add anything to my life and considering some things that have been said over the past week, never will.
And so it's with great trepidation, sorrow, and a little weirdness that I say: Let the cutting begin.
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