I guess I really should go and post this over in the LR but I'm worried I'll just end up hearing what Duffy has been getting up to with Mrs Duffy and an assortment of sex toy vegetables or it will just get nasty and I'll burst into tears. So I thought I'd try here..
For those of you who use LinkedIn I have this odd social media scenario - Well to me it seems odd.
A guy popped up a while ago with an invitation to connect (it was very polite) and it took me a little while to work out he was a very early 'boyfriend' - like the one I popped my cherry with when I was 16. He lived in another town in another state, we met at a camp, went to visit for a weekend, job done, moved on with my life.
I don't really want to revisit that time in my life, so I didn't respond. Now he's checking out my profile every week or so and has re-iterated the invite with a "'it would be great to catch up after all this time"
No it wouldn't!! It would be creepy!!!
I have this dilemma where I don't really want to be rude, but I also have no interest in getting 'back in touch' and feel like I have the right to choose who I connect with in social media land. For me, LinkedIn is my professional contacts, and I don't want to constantly see a reminder of my awkward teenage years there. It didn't help that his profile pic up until recently looked like a shot from his wedding - (black tie, buttonhole flower etc)
So gals, what would you do? Continue to ignore him and hope he gives up and goes away, or politely explain that I'm not interested?
For those of you who use LinkedIn I have this odd social media scenario - Well to me it seems odd.
A guy popped up a while ago with an invitation to connect (it was very polite) and it took me a little while to work out he was a very early 'boyfriend' - like the one I popped my cherry with when I was 16. He lived in another town in another state, we met at a camp, went to visit for a weekend, job done, moved on with my life.
I don't really want to revisit that time in my life, so I didn't respond. Now he's checking out my profile every week or so and has re-iterated the invite with a "'it would be great to catch up after all this time"
No it wouldn't!! It would be creepy!!!
I have this dilemma where I don't really want to be rude, but I also have no interest in getting 'back in touch' and feel like I have the right to choose who I connect with in social media land. For me, LinkedIn is my professional contacts, and I don't want to constantly see a reminder of my awkward teenage years there. It didn't help that his profile pic up until recently looked like a shot from his wedding - (black tie, buttonhole flower etc)
So gals, what would you do? Continue to ignore him and hope he gives up and goes away, or politely explain that I'm not interested?