I just got dropped and banned from a long-time on-line friend's journal. No warning, no "you did/said something that bothered me, can we talk," nothing. Though I may never meet most of the folks I talk with on-line, there is a relationship that develops, a camaraderie, as the years go by.
I know how you feel. It's awful when something like that happens.
OTOH, I got an email from a friend I hadn't heard from for almost 6 months. We're renewing our acquaintence. Funny how 50 miles and high gas prices can conspire to put up barriers.
It's going to snow here again tomorrow. Winter is getting its licks in while it can.
And yeah, that happened to me once. Kinda bothered me too even though I felt silly that it did. Then one day I was back on the friends list. Figured they were going through a hibernation period or something.
You'd think that I, the one who preaches "don't take it personally, it's a stranger on the Net," would know better. But the abruptness is disconcerting.
I think that's a natural reaction...even if it IS just a stranger on the net, someone you've never met...if you talk to them, we're still having a 'relationship' of sorts, you're still having contact. When that contact is abruptly lost, it's always gonna be a bit 'off', and disconcerting.
I know it hurts. I've had this happen - and worse, it was a friend I've known for years. They changed religious affiliations a little while before hand, and I had said that they were a friend and that it didn't matter to me what they practiced, but not long after they dropped me and banned me... and just like your experience - with no warning or explanation. It stung. especially since we had actually met & hung out in RL outside of cyberspace.
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