I keep realizing that I have a number of people who I am friends with on Facebook that I don't really know. People that went to my school that I may have only talked to once. As I entered college this year there were even a number of high school freshman that added me just because we had a number of mutual friends. Facebook has changed the definition of the word friend.
A friend used to mean so much. Some one who typically had similar interests that one could stand for a length of time. At least in general terms, but for everyone who has had a friend it is hard to put into terms. I know that I can't really describe my friendships, but I do know that I don't typically consider someone a friend if I have only met them once or went to the same school.
Needless to say, I have been deleting a lot of people on my friends list. Also, my return to Oskaloosa for Christmas break has enlightened me to the true nature of people. A lot of the people with whom I graduated with from high school are off putting now. Its not so much that we have changed and yet it is.
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