Feeling so guilty

[greenpantha1]

Hi. I recently attended a course and a couple of weeks later I decided to send a Facebook friend request to one of the other delegates. A couple of days later I deleted it and resent it. I was blocked, but I feel so guilty about this and I’m worried they may think I was harassing them. I may see them at an exam in a couple of weeks. Sorry if this seems trivial x

Why would you feel guilty? Friend requesting is a normal, friendly thing to do.

I would try not to worry about it. Some people just don't use FB in the way that most do.

I need to keep an active FB profile for work, but I barely ever post anything on it myself, my profile is entirely private, and I barely have a handful of friends that are pretty much immediate family only. I've rejected hundreds of friend requests from casual acquaintances and colleagues down the years, and it's not because I'm offended by them sending me one, it's simply that I don't want them viewing my profile, I work in a sector where I have good reasons for people not being made aware I have a personal Social Media profile, I don't want that presence randomly advertised to people I don't know, and I have no interest in looking at other people's FB posts anyway.

It's not malicious for some of us, we just have good reasons for not accepting the vast majority or friend requests.

I don't post on FB and keep my friend circle on it very small. I don't mind people requesting, but I just don't accept. No hard feelings on my part. LinkedIn is where I accept colleagues and acquaintances. Don't feel bad about it. It's probably similar reasons.