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_Frazzie 51F
4991 posts
1/20/2008 2:52 am
~Internet "Friends" Yeah right.. ~



It never ceases to amaze me how many people breeze in and out of peoples lives - even on here.

We make friends, and think we are pretty close and then wham.. we don't hear from them, don't see them and for all we know.. they vanished into thin air..

I've also noticed alot of people dropped from the blogs.. few of the "Favorites" don't blog anymore and why? was anyone informed? probably not.. so we are just left waiting and wondering and then miraculously they pop back up again hoping to pick up where THEY left off

sorry but it doesn't work like that in my book..

I'm bothered by this and wondering now if its all worth it.. seriously..

I'm also gunna mention the people who also give the impression they are your "Friends" yet NEVER speak to you..

Suppose I'd best stop cos I can feel that alot more things would be said..

Have a good day all..


Tropical_Man 69M
6389 posts
1/20/2008 4:45 am

its not just the internet....its that way in everyday life too. Its just easier to do it on the net


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 11:25 am:
Yeah I have to agree with you there..

Sad as it is though

northernlass 63F

1/20/2008 4:51 am

Hi Fraz,That`s so true.I have found though that there r different kinds of Friends.There`s nowt as queer as folk as me granny used t say n it`s sooo true.True Friends r few n far between as i have found out since i moved.It made me wonder what exactly they wanted from me when i saw them regularly.Yes it is worth it (in answer t ya question)coz u find out how ya real friends r.U can b sure that i am your friend.
Take Care Sister,
Wendy



Show me the way Sweet JESUS.
Lead and i Will follow.


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:12 pm:
Wendy, have to agree with ya on it.. I lost a "Good friend" in life cos I refused to keep chasing her, calling her.. so in the end I gave up and waited on to see if she would call me.. 2 years later and nothing..

Suffice to say she was a word only friend.

northernlass 63F

1/20/2008 4:54 am

Me again Gerl,I meant t say who ya real friends r n not how.Sorry it was my fast finger,it got carried away.Ha ha

Wendy

Show me the way Sweet JESUS.
Lead and i Will follow.


Tom45
(Tom )
69M

1/20/2008 6:13 am

I heard one comment, I am not sure where it came from, maybe a church service that in our life time we are fortunate to have maybe one or two very close friends. Most people we meet, whether internet or in person come & go with no real lasting relationship -- which is so sad. Come to think of it it was a sermon.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:19 pm:
Tom that is absolutely right. I [in real life] have 2 very close friends.. then I have my close internet friends..

such a shame though to bond with people and them just disapear..

Adoration63 62F

1/20/2008 6:39 am

My Dearest FRAZZIE....
Your post hit home with me.. cuz I have not spoken with you alot.... I have been in a rut I guess.... I read your blogs every day, yet I DO NEGLECT to tell you HI... or I love you.. Or OH wow.. you are BRILLIANT.... and BEAUTIFUL.... I am sorry.... I have been in deep thought these last weeks.... about this.. that and the other thing... I have however giggled ALOT lately... Actually at work.... this week.. I put a customer in JAIL.. with my fork... and had an extra giggle cuz... I thought of you....
I am GUILTY of not talking with you .. for no other reason than I just haven't taken the time to post a few words.. and I AM VERY SORRY...... I am so bad for withdrawing from people whom I feel close to... I don't know if it is a protection thing or what... but after reading your words this morning... I REALIZED.... Blanche... dummy up woman.. and take the time to tell your OCTOPUS in the UK.. that you so dearly appreciate her and are DRAWN to her heart....
I think of you often my lovey.... I really do... but I THOUGHT YOU COULD READ MINDS.. ahhahahah.. MAYBE it is because you TYPE so DARN FAST.. ahahahahaha... FORGIVE ME ??? I know you want to... YOU EVEN HAVE TO.. .cuz I am your sweet little Canadian.. PUMPERNICKEL... kiss kiss to your heart.....
Love Blanche


Adoration63 62F

1/20/2008 6:41 am

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I forgot.... I LOVE YOUR HAIR CUT ... it makes you look ummmmmm... STYLISH.... SUAVE..... CUTE as a BUTTON.... LOVERLY..... INCREDIBLY DELICIOUS.....or DANGEROUSLY MALICIOUS.. hahahahahahahhaha... Whatever image you are looking for.... hahahahah... kiss kiss to you my lovey...


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:26 pm:
hahahaha blanche.. lawdy you are ONE in a million I tell you.. Putting your co-workers in prison just made me splat tea alll over my screen...

Remember when we first chatted on BC but we didn't get on at all.. we argued for a while.. THEN.. Miraculously we started to just get on.. I loved chatting with you and you always brought a freshness about - your humour just makes me laff and not to mention your stuffed animal collection. You are by far the funniest woman I have ever met [next to me of course..]

I love ya dearly and know that you are going through alot.. and know that you are dealing with your own things. So don't worry, this wasn't aimed at you.

Thanks for the compliment..

1god2
(Nancy )
65F

1/20/2008 6:43 am

Tom, I agree. I have my sisters - who live all the way across the country. Most of the friends I have made here in Texas are surface friends. I know that my church family would rally around if something happened but I don't have close friends in church. Not that I don't want to have deeper friendships -- it just doesn't seem to work that way.

Nancy
Let us share one anothers burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:28 pm:
Its sad though isn't it.. they say that blood is thicker than water - meaning that family ALWAYS come before friends, yet it almost always seems like it is never that way.

jerseygirl1964
(Ginny )
61F
3657 posts
1/20/2008 6:43 am

(((((((((((Frazzzzzzzzzie)))))))))) is my friend! I hope she consider's me her's as well.

Peace and love you girly girl,
Ginny


* Sin is sin. Careful what comes across your lips & out your finger tips!!!
* We are all the Body of Christ. Let's treat each other as such, with the same respect we give to HIM!!
* Relationship advice: DO NOT make someone a PRIORITY, when they ONLY make you an OPTION!!
* A woman's heart should be so lost in God, that a man has to seek HIM in order to find her!!


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 2:14 pm:
How did I miss this one..

I'm really sorry....

Ginny - we have been friends for as long as I can remember and will continue to be for as long as I CAN remember..

Tom45
(Tom )
69M

1/20/2008 7:57 am

    Quoting 1god2:
    Tom, I agree. I have my sisters - who live all the way across the country. Most of the friends I have made here in Texas are surface friends. I know that my church family would rally around if something happened but I don't have close friends in church. Not that I don't want to have deeper friendships -- it just doesn't seem to work that way.
Nancy, for 18 years I attended a church just as you described.

Could it be we, as a universal body of believers, have mastered knowledge -- we know the arguments Calvinist vs. non-Calvinist, we understand our denomination "understands" a little better than yours. We have read what the reformers said about this doctrine or that doctrine and mine is more in tune to God than yours.

Yet, as it says in I Cor. 13 all this shall pass away, but one thing will remain. Could it be we have mastered all the above, but that one thing to remain , the ability to totally forget about yourselves and think about others we are just scratching the surface? It's a scary thought.


You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free.


jolene20072 54F

1/20/2008 7:57 am

Frazzie i am sorry i havent been in touch wiff yaz but guess uve heard de crap dats been goin round. I was away for a while needed tha help but am glad to be back i think Well Frazzie i hope we are still friends love ure new hair cut Thnx for sharin ure thoughts lov yaz gerlie

Romans 10:13 For who so ever shall call upon the name of the lord shall be saved


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:32 pm:
hey Jolene.. I heard the gossip.. .. One friend did call me concerned because she'd heard it all and was worried about you. I'm glad your back and hopefully catch up on IM soon..

OceanBlue122 57F

1/20/2008 8:53 am

Frazzie, I often think the same of people whom I meet in life at work, my neighborhood, church, or even just attending an event. There is meaning behind all these instances....but really what does it all mean??? Sometimes, I now there is a lesson for me to learn and then other times, I'm sure God is using me for someone else's purposes!! So I think nothing of all the friends I've made but no longer have contact, yet, I still do wonder why certain people had to come into my life.


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:34 pm:
hey lisa, thats a interesting way of looking at it.. Maybe I shouldn't take the people to my heart and such.. just let them be as it where..

Your ace.. NEVER forget that...

Lover_of_Life2 59F
626 posts
1/20/2008 12:31 pm

Very well put sister,,, It is so sad that in todays world people have become disposable So many people here on BC are looking for that someone special and they either find that one person, or they get disgruntled and just quit... Either way, they leave behind the friends that they have made on here because they do not comprehend the power of the written word. They think that because it is the internet that it is not real... They do not understand that it is real and therefore they hurt people needlessly. They are selfish and self centered and do not think of the people that they hurt when they decide to leave BC. I will not be one of those people. My friends on BC have got me through some very tough months in my life. All of you that have reached out and touched my life have made an impact! I feel that this is special and cherish all of you even if I never have the pleasure of meeting you here on this earth! I have met someone very special, however, I will continue with BC and never forget you Frazzz or the others that I have become friends with. After all, you do not have to be a member to blog on BC or to stay in touch with your friends!!

Love and blessings to ya Sister!!
WendyLynn


"A woman's heart should be so hidden in Christ that a man should have to seek Him first to find her."

Blessings to All! WendyLynn


I'm Moving, Todd is Moving, and WE ARE GETTING MARRIED
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I'm Moving, Todd is Moving, and WE ARE GETTING MARRIED Part 3


_Frazzie replies on 1/20/2008 1:38 pm:
Wendy.. I sooo agree with you and yes, never loose touch with people.. Yeah soo many have made a real impact on me. I don't like fair weathered friends though - who say one thing, mean another and do the other.. Solid friendships is whats needed..

I do count you as a friend.. and I'm highly blessed to do so..

Tropical_Man 69M
6389 posts
1/20/2008 8:04 pm

I think at least by the reaction to your blog here that you do have people that care about you. I think that is great and sometimes we just have to take it for what it is instead of what we wish that it could be.


_Frazzie replies on 1/21/2008 12:28 am:
Yes I agree

Thanks for your comments

chapscot 62M

1/21/2008 4:37 am

Hi Frazzie

I guess I`m one of those people who come and go with-out a "by your leave".
And if I have hurt your feelings then I am very sorry.

But I can`t imagine how anyone would care tuppence wither I was here or not(and that`s not a self pitying statement,just a statement of fact)so perhaps I am being presumptuous in imagine that I may be one of those people.

When I first got a computer, it was only about 6 months ago, and the whole thing has been an exciting learning experience, not to mention,an all consuming passion.
And after a time I began to realize that I was not getting on with my life out-side of the computer world.It wasn`t easy to walk away from it,but I believe the same God who has Blessed me here,caused my desire to be here to diminish that I may get on with matters at hand.
Perhaps you are right and I went about it the wrong way,but I am who I am and I am pretty stubbornly who I am.And as Northern lass commented,"There's nout sae queer as folk".I make no apology's for who I am, but if who I am hurts other people, then I do apologize for that,most sincerely.
I also find that we never really know what difficulties people are going through in their personal circumstances,and some people like to voice their situation and find it cathartic to do so,others chose to retreat and sort out their difficulties in a more private manner.I am of the latter,and we are all made differently.
I would never insist that anyone be like me in character or how they deal with life(God forbid),nor would I be offended at their ways.They are who they are and they do as they do,and I have no judgment to pass on them.Just grateful to have met them.
People have left,and I have missed them,but for me,that`s life.
For the time being I chose not to participate except in a very limited way,but like many who have went down that road before,I`m sure I will be back involved at some point.
Anyway,if I am one of those who has hurt you by "coming and going",I apologize for my thoughtlessness,no excuse for that.
Bless you frazzie
stevie

"This is the year of the favor of our God"

"Your time has come to shine.
All your dreams are on their way.
See how they shine."(Bridge over troubled waters)


_Frazzie replies on 1/21/2008 11:17 am:
Stevieo..
You are one of the ones that I was thinking about. Not that you have hurt me, but caused me concern. I remember my last emailing session with you and knew then that something wasn't right. Could I have prayed for you? Been a friend? Who knows, the only thing I know is that when someone does have a impact on you and they vanish, parts of the jigsaw are missing.
People care more about you stevieo than you realise, I know for myself, when I let someone in, they stay in.. and no matter how much or little I speak to them, they will ALWAYS have a part in my heart. Yes people do have difficulties, people do have lives, but on the same token, wouldnt hurt to let people know whats going on..
I feel now as if I'm trying to govern your life and I'm not.

Know your loved, missed and very much appreciated even if you dont think so.

Mel X

back4more 70F

1/21/2008 5:32 pm

A lot have seemed to disappear, I remember when nance didnt come on but her profile was still on, I often think if any of us were to die and no one even knew we were on these sites or had our passwords well the rest wouldnt even know! So I just pray for people and as Stevie says, we need to get into our lives around us as well, I find I am less interested in coming on and commenting, but I believe that's God, doing a new thing. I think there may be a new web site that people have gone to, Godtube? Some are just taking time out .. God bless you Frazz


neverold 92M
925 posts
2/6/2008 10:36 am

glad to see you back blogging, girl

just trust Him,Randolph