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By talking to them once a year, same as I did before Facebook was invented. I'm not sure why you think there's any awkwardness involved? If you're in New York o
by rwallace 14y ago
By talking to them once a year, same as I did before Facebook was invented. I'm not sure why you think there's any awkwardness involved? If you're in New York once a year, you make contact with the people you know in New York once a year. This is perfectly normal behavior, always has been.
- graue 14y agoFor a good personal friend, yes, that works. What if it was just a chance meeting? You can try calling a year later, but in my experience people won't make time for someone they barely remember.
- rwallace 14y agoWell now you're talking about a scenario where you don't actually have any connection to the person and don't have anything to offer him next time around to make it worth his while meeting you a second time. In that scenario, spending the intervening year faking a relationship on Facebook doesn't strike me as a productive use of either party's time.
- graue 14y agoI do have something to offer such a person, and it's the same thing (s)he has to offer me: we had fun hanging out last time, we probably would again.