Death by the "Book"

For the first time this week, I had this urge to find someone and for a split-second wished I had a Facebook account to do so.   I have thought of people before that I maybe would re-connect with through a social-networking site such as it, but never wanted to so bad that I felt the urge to cave and create that account.

It got me thinking, why not join?   Everyone does it, why not me?  So I've been reviewing my reasons not to join and have decided that I still feel like I am not ready to make the leap off of this bridge that the rest of world has leaped off of.

I am tired of people asking "didn't you see that on Facebook?" or "Why haven't you joined Facebook?".  No, I didn't.   I don't get your updates or anyone else's.  But just because I don't have a Facebook account, doesn't mean that I don't want your updates.  I enjoyed hearing about the lives of my closest friends, and distant ones as well, before Facebook, why would that change now?    Our friendships weren't based on what email accounts I had or my cell phone carrier in the past, so why now does it seem we rely on a website to tell us what "friends" we need to keep in touch with?

So, please, all you Facebookers out there, remember us friends without accounts still want to be your "friends" too...