I get things like this (below) in my email from about 4 of my friends, all the time. I think they’re a bit annoying, especially when they each hit “reply to all” and send it again. And again. And again.
A girl asked a guy if he thought she was pretty,
He said…no.
She asked him if he would want to be with her forever…and he said no.
She then asked him if she were to leave would he cry, and once again he replied with a no.
She had heard enough. As she walked away, tears streaming down her face the boy grabbed her arm and said…
You’re not pretty you’re beautiful.
I don’t want to be with you forever, I NEED to be with you forever.
And I wouldn’t cry if you walked away…I’d die…
SO NOW I WILL SAY:
I like you because of who you are to me…A true friend.
And if I don’t get this back I’ll take the hint.
Tonight at midnight your true love will realize they like you.
Something good will happen to you at 1:00-4:00 PM tomorrow.
It could be anywhere – AOL, Yahoo, outside of school, anywhere.
Get ready for the biggest shock of your life.
Please send to 15 people in 15 minutes.
Remember:
"A good friend will come bail you out of jail…
But a true friend will be sitting next to you saying …
WE screwed up, but we had fun! "
Proud to be your Friend!
Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence, and don’t skip ahead.
I’ve learned…that life is like a roll of toilet paper.
The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.
I’ve learned…that we should be glad God doesn’t give us everything we ask for.
I’ve learned…that money doesn’t buy class.
I’ve learned…that it’s those small daily
happenings that make life so spectacular.
I’ve learned…that under everyone’s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.
I’ve learned…that the Lord didn’t do it all in one day.
What makes me think I can?
I’ve learned…that to ignore the facts does not change the facts.
I’ve learned.
I’ve learned…that the less time I have to work, the more things I get done.
To all of you…make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence.
It’s National Friendship Week.
Show your friends how much you care.
Send this to everyone you consider a FRIEND, even if it means
sending it back to the person who sent it to you.
If it comes back to you, then you’ll know you have
a circle of friends.
HAPPY FRIENDSHIP WEEK TO YOU!!!
YOU ARE MY FRIEND AND I am honored
How can I tactfully tell them to stop, without “giving them a hint” as the email says? There’s always some kind of catch which says “if you don’t reply, you don’t really love me” or something like that. It’s bizarre.
My opinion: just fecking tell them you don’t want their stupid spam. And if they get all bothered by the whole “taking the hint” thing, just say something like, “Friend, I love you. Please stop flooding my inbox with nonsense.”
That’s what I do, but people who send those stupid spam e-mails to everyone they know annoy me to no end. I always just ask them to take me off of their address book.
Only a few people I know have ever attempted to forward such crap to me. I found that a quick response with pointed commentary on insipid gibbering was enough to get my point across. If they get offended - GOOD.
I ignore them and immediately delete. If they never get a reply they may stop sending them. If they don’t stop, at least you waste no time on the stuff.
No it isn’t: Reproach is a friend’s reproach. Silence as reproach creates a duty to speak when no reproach is intended, and silence among friends is precious. Friendship is the state of being silent with another.
i tried a few methods, ignoring, replying with a small note about how things were going, pointing out that there are differnet points of view (that was tough when folks were so wound up over 9/11. what finally worked for me…i found a video on the internet of a man pulling off his toenail with pliers. i supplied the link, told those forwarders, that this was must see video and was in appreciation for everything that they sent me. i received no replies from the forwarders and 90% never forwarded to me again.
Depends on if a person wants to keep friends or dump them.
An insincere gesture of friendship is better than a sincere gesture of hostility. Often times people treat strangers better than they treat friends or spouses. If this were a total stranger, I would tend to ignore it. Responding to SPAM usually breeds more SPAM.
Telling a friend off when they send something innocent like this is not a kind gesture. It is usually easy enough to delete without reading them, or read a few lines and then delete. The latter is what I do. I never respond or explain why I don’t respond. I think the latter would be more in terms of right and wrong and there is no right or wrong involved. Just like and dislike.
Similarly, if a friend or someone posts a music link or a video link and says “wow isn’t this great,” I find it rude to say that stuff rots. Polite silence is often the response and that is fine. I’ve done the same, mailed off or shared something I thought was great. Most of the time there is no reply, and that is fine.
I see no reason to rain on another person’s parade. So many people go through life with a litany of complaints, unhappy thoughts and grumpy moods, it is good that they have energy or enthusiasm for something, even if it is SPAM or what I think is some really bad band or website or whatever.
Tact?
I’d hit the delete button and remain silent.
That’s me though.
In a way, your friends are doing you a favor by showing you how their tastes in what matters differs what you think is important. There sets the the limitations of your opportunity of relationships with them.
I’ve been known to send it back to the sender with a note saying something like, “I hope you know how much I value your friendship, and that you don’t need such manipulative tricks to prove it. I don’t do chain mails, and I especially don’t like the ones that imply that something bad will happen if you don’t send it on… that’s not what I want for my friends, and I hope that when you think about it, you’ll understand that it’s not really what you want either. Your friend, me”
I still get them from time to time, but my really truly friends don’t do that. The others either take the hint or I eventually block them.
