Life Musings

An old classmate of mine from my high school days contacted me via Facebook last week. He and I used to be good friends, and we even shared a lot of spiritual perspectives.

I lost touch with him through the years, though. Why? Because he got to be darned annoying... toxic, even. He became bossy and overbearing, and it became extremely difficult to have a normal conversation with the guy. He was also a bit of a hypocrite, and not in minor ways.

On the one hand, I recognize that people change, and maybe he has changed for the better. Do I really want to open up communication with him again, though? I'm not sure that it would be wise. He might indeed have changed, but I think it's best to simply avoid communication. In other words, I won't treat him as though he were some evil dude, but neither will I take the risk and see if he has changed his ways.

Therein lies the problem. I could accept his 'friend' request, but then that becomes a lot more difficult to undo. Removing him from my Facebook 'friend' list could have vastly more negative repercussions.