Just yesterday, I was sitting on my computer talking to a friend about how I discovered this fella I had a crush on had a significant other. Just about the same time I was telling her this, this guy that I knew in high school sent me a friend request on Facebook.
This guy was just the nicest guy in high school, and while we weren’t much more than acquaintances, I would have loved to have been closer to him. I’ve never been great at making friends, though, so it’s no surprise we weren’t.
In my excitement about being able to reconnect and possibly form that friendship, I posted a video that I think is hilarious on his wall. Immediately, he messaged me about it, and we began talking.
It was soo nice.
Then, I popped off a last message and fell asleep. This morning, I woke up only to discover that he deactivated his Facebook account.
I don’t often care about being defriended…but this is just about the weirdest thing ever. I can’t imagine it was because of me, and can only thing it a very, very odd coincidence. It’s still a bummer, though. I really wanted to get to know his “new” adult self!
Weirdest thing ever, or does this happen all the time and I’m just out of the loop? Why do you think he friended me, but shortly after removed his Facebook account – I would understand a couple weeks, or not chatting me up and then deactivating it, but chatting me up then almost instantly deactivating an account? Bizarre.
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I deactivated my facebook, so one thing I’m curious about is that is there are difference between someone deactivating their facebook, and them blocking you? Because in either case, you won’t be able to see them I presume.
There is, from what I am aware. When you go to your friends list, someone who has deactivated their account will still be there. When you click on their name, a pop up comes up that says their account has been deactivates.
I presume that if you block someone, they can no longer be on your friends list.
^ I agree with the person above. Also, apparently FB sometimes has to to maintenance and sometimes peoples profiles go down as well for a time. I know Ive ran into this on some dating sites. You can go back and forth but really it doesn’t do any good because you simply cannot and will never know. The best you can do is to move on and invest in the friends you do have and making new friends that dont do something like this. Of course, easier said then done.
I have had several friends deactivate accounts, and it clearly says that they have deactivated them, so I don’t think that he blocked me at all. I just think if you’re going to get rid of your account, friending someone just prior is a lot of effort, and especially talking with them.
Sometimes things come up, so something may have happened unexpectedly that prompted him to deactivate, and it could have nothing to do with you. Sometimes people deactivate when they have a huge project to work on or a major exam to study for, or don’t want potential employers to see their profile. I would find it a bit awkward to add someone and then deactivate shortly after, but if I wanted to stay in touch, I would make sure to get their contact information first.
Yeah. I don’t honestly think it has anything to do with me, but damn it. I missed talking to him.
I think I threw out everything that quirky said over on FB… I think the only way that I could see myself doing it was if someone else unexpected tried to start drama with me using FaceBook and it was just easier to shut it down promptly than to deal with them any longer. Maybe something like that came up?
Maybe. He did have a post from August that said he was getting rid of facebook, so I assumed when he friended me that he decided his time off from FB was over….guess not :/