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I am ever so slightly addicted to Facebook and have decided to get 110% into the spirit of the thing and add everyone I can find (and who I remember) from my entire life. People from all my schools whose name I can remember, both friends and enemies, and everyone listed in old address books from past friends and co-workers to pen pals and acquaintances I can vaguely remember. There have only been two exceptions so far: the first is someone who was once a close friend but who ended up taking me hostage at knife point for several hours and threatened to kill me; and the second are my ex-girlfriends.

And this is where the moral dilemma of Facebook comes in: Is it OK to find these old flames, and add them? (The psycho’s really go without saying I feel.)

On the one hand, you have all these people who were a key part of your life for a time and who helped in some small part to mould you into the person that you are. On the other, it could be thought of as stalking! Now, I’m not a stalker but there are huge chunks of my life not covered fully in my Social Time-line. If you look under the We dated category of Facebook, it appears to accommodate these badly ending relationships by giving you the option to state that you are no longer on speaking terms. So how on earth does that work when trying to add people?

Hi! Remember me? We went out for six months and then I treated you like shit and dumped you for a stupid reason? Want to be my friend?

Yeah, that’ll work. No problem. Guess the only way to find out is to test the water…..

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