What would you think if your friend did this?

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TheNinja

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put a jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in it and a note on it that says "You, if you don't take Tyler back" and put it on his doorstep.
 
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jonmullen

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Originally posted by: Staley8
put a jack-o-lantern with a knife stuck in it and a note on it that says "You, if you don't take Tyler back" and put it on his doorstep.
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LOL, I am loving this thread.
 
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rudder

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OK, so I have a friend who I usually talk to on AIM while we're at work. Now, I don't want it to sound like I only know him fro mthe internet, because he's a real life friend I've been to his house, he's been to mine, we've worked on each others cars, etc... stuff that friends do.


Maybe he thinks your gay and doesn't want to confront you with his mutual attraction.
 
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DaiShan

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Originally posted by: notfred
OK, so I have a friend who I usually talk to on AIM while we're at work. Now, I don't want it to sound like I only know him fro mthe internet, because he's a real life friend I've been to his house, he's been to mine, we've worked on each others cars, etc... stuff that friends do.

Anyway, three weeks ago, he was taking a week off and going on vacation. So, I expected that he'd be back in a week (which should have been June 9th). On June 10th I left him a phone message at his house and on his cell phone. I know he's not real good about answering phones or replying to messages, so I thought I might not hear from him until Monday when he was on AIM at work (he never uses the computer at home).

So, monday comes around, and he's not on AIM, and he's not online on Tuesday, either, or wednesday, etc. I figure maybe I was mistaken and he took a two week vacation instead of one week. So, the next weekend comes and goes. He's still not on AIM, and he still doesn't answer his phones.

However, this week I've seen him logged in and listed in the "currently online users" section on a different message board that we both visit. So, I started a thread over there asking for him to contact me, and sent him a private message. He hasn't responded to either of them, yet he's been online a couple more times that I've seen.

Before his vacation, he was always online between 8:00AM and 5:00PM on weekdays. Now it's like he's avoiding me. I don't want tp be a pest, as I've already sent him a PM, started a thread with his name in it, and left him two phone messages...

I dunno, as far as I know I didn't do anything that would have pissed him off. We were supposed to have plans when he got back from vacation, but he seems to be refusing to talk to me...
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NotFred - people are absolutely and completely insane. Not just some people, but the vast majority. There is no rhyme or reason to what they do, they just do it, I say wait and let him make the next move, if he values the friendship as much as you seem to do he will take the time to msg you back. I was up at a conference in washington d.c. two years ago and met lots of cool people, and we decided to keep in touch, we all traded AIM names, and talked a lot for a while, one person whom I had talked to more than most and whose company (albeit online) I enjoyed the most stopped msg'ing me, and I was always msg'ing them, after a few weeks of this I kept getting "I'm busy working on HW, I'll ttyl" I mean no one has that much HW, and even if they do, why spend so much time on AIM? So I just stopped msg'ing, I figured if they wanted to have a conversation, they would msg me. I don't know what happened, to cause it, but I didn't lose sleep over it. Sometimes even the best of friends (beit online or down the street) just seem to drift apart. Well this thread came off as overly sentimental to me, so I will close with "Suck it up be a man and drink a beer" oh and "kill some type of animal, preferably large game" There, that should cover it.

/me doesn't want to lose his man card.
 
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JetBlack69

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What would I think? I would think that he is having issues that he doesn't want to you talk about. When you guys talk, how long do you talk for? I know I can sometimes reach about an hour with a friend I haven't talked to in a week. Maybe he just doesn't have the time to talk.
 
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Willoughbyva

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Could it be someone else using his computer? Maybe he is dealing with some family problems or something. Could he have lost his job? It is hard to say, not sure what to tell you to do.
 
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Rapidskies

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You made several attempts at contacting him, let him get back to you. He might be involved with something (death in the family, work, etc), or just being disrespectful. Either way I'd make other plans and not worry about.
 
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Encryptic

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Originally posted by: BooGiMaN
have him come on ATOT and tell us his side of the story....
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For that to happen, notfred kind of needs to get in touch with his friend, don't ya think? :p
 
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nativesunshine

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Well..the only way to find out if he's avoiding you on purpose..is to sign on a different name to see if he's JUST blocking YOUR name. <--this is referring to AIM.

And if so, confront him w/ the secret sn...say like.."I know you're blocking me and not speaking to me..wanna tell me why?". and if he still doesn't talk to you..i'd say he wasn't a very good friend to begin with.

But whatevers..friends come and go. It's hard..but you just gotta deal and find new ones. Yep.

 
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