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strange FB situation
So I'm friends with this guy on FB. I vaguely recall him friending me a few years ago. He seems to actually have a really interesting life - he studied at AU Beirut, lives in Abu Dhabi, travels all over the place, and has good status updates (as in usually either interesting or funny). The problem? I have absolutely no idea how I know him or how we became friends. Well, let me clarify that. We apparently went to college together and graduated the same year. My graduating class was only about 1000, and if he's interested in Middle East stuff then I can imagine that our paths crossed. But I don't remember them crossing. Ever. I don't recognize his name, and I don't recognize his face in the pictures he has up.
Would you just keep him as a friend, reading his updates but never commenting on anything he says? Or should I comment and see if he says, "who in the world are you?" Would you delete him? I'd ask a mutual friend for a little help in jogging my memory, but we don't have any mutual friends (which in itself is strange).
I'm confused. :-/ Is it just me or do any of you also have friends on FB who you can't really remember knowing IRL?
Re: strange FB situation
I would delete him. I did have someone comment on a picture of mine once and I was all panicked that I hadn't set my privacy settings right... turns out I totally forgot accepting a friend request from my SIL's friend who lives in Antwerp. they were super nice but I only met them once so I kind of forgot.
Otherwise, I delete people all the time and keep it to people who are really my friends / family.
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Thanks for the advice! I usually never friend people I don't know IRL, so the only reason I can think of for accepting him is that a mutual friend or professor told me about him, so I accepted his invitation. He studied history at our university, and I took a one-on-one class with the history professor who teaches Middle East history, so maybe that was who got us in contact with each other?
I guess I'll keep him around for a while longer since he's not one of those annoying "I had cornflakes for breakfast again this morning" people.
I'd start commenting on his posts and see how long it takes for him to defriend you. Actually, start copying some of his posts here and we'll give you suggestions on what to write as a comment, and take bets on how long it takes for him to defriend you.
I think it could be fun. It's not like you know him anyway!
Chronically hilarious - you'll split your stitches!
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haahahaha. That could up the FB amusement factor exponentially. I'll see what I can get.