Ok, so this week I have been bombarded...(well, not actually bombarded, I suppose. I'll have to look up the precise meaning of the word in a minute.) by a couple of different people sending me friend requests on myspace and facebook, who really have ulterior motives and aren't nearly as well meaning as they are trying to appear. Just looked up the word and essentially bombard means to attack. And yeah, I do feel somewhat attacked by it. My first instinct is always to try not to offend anyone. Ever. But, as I've journeyed through life, I've definitely learned that there are times when you absolutely have to offend. Anyway, without getting into the exact specifics, I'll get as close as I feel comfortable sharing. Person one only wanted to be my friend to spy on someone else. Pretty easy, pondering briefly on accepting the request and only mild cringing at hitting the 'ignore friend request' button. And then left with a sense of relief, along with the tiniest bit of guilt at possibly offending person one. Person two is a harder challenge. She first sends an out of the blue, lengthy message as if we are close friends, containing details about her life situation, along with good wishes and compliments to me. We are not friends. I was a little weirded out by the message and I responded politely and briefly, hoping that was the end of our correspondence. Then comes the friend request. Ugh. She totally just wants to spy. Big ulterior motives. It should be an easy decision to say no, but personal reasons make this one more complicated than that. Bottom line, I don't want to add her as a friend, but am sort of fretting the not offending part. I'm thinking...