And back to social conduct. Lesson 2.

Forwards are pretty much one of the most obnoxious things I can find in my mailbox. Because they are normally (1) not relevant to me, (2) not funny, or (3) have some threat of imminent danger that if I refuse to forward it along (which obviously the person who sent it to me believed) my day, week, life may end in peril. Yeah. So I get another wonderful forward that reads “Delete if we’re not friends”. Delete. I am friends with the person who sent it. She also riddles my email with obnoxious forwards all the time and I am still friends with her. Though I have on a couple of occasions thought of deleting her and blocking her address when 20 presents have awaited me in my mailbox. The thing that gets me the most about this whole forwards crap is I sent a real message to her about a week ago and haven’t heard back. Yet I’ve probably received at least ten damn forwards from her within that amount of time. Now, I ask you, whose not treating who like a friend? Yes, some forwards can be funny. Most are not. Though it does crack me up when she sends me some forward of half naked people and the next one is religious. But I digress. And I’m not opposed to a sweet, cute, relevant, or hilariously funny forward every once in awhile, where the sender actually thought I would enjoy it, not just every one in their address book. But good lord, at least say hello if you’re going to load my inbox with things I’ll either have to check and delete or at this point, just delete. So, Lesson 2. Use discretion when sending forwards if you would like to keep your friends.