Why is it that whenever an individual stays offline for an unusual duration (maybe 1 week or more) they suddenly feel they’ve achieved a great deal and thus should be given some accolades.
Recently someone called me a fake friend because according to her she’s been offline for some time and I didn’t border to give her a call to know why, “what if I had died,” she queried.
To think that her absence was inconspicuous irks me, talk more of her myopic remark😡.
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I need some clarity here! Does staying online validate our existence? She’s actually not the first to play this card neither will she be the last. It has been recurring. That you are someone who likes to post excessively on social media and then suddenly there’s been nothing from you in a while, ain’t it logical for me to think that you’ve been too busy to post lately or some other genuine reasons?
Should I be conformed to think that the worst has happened to you? It’s not like I chat everyone on my contact daily… When I’m not running a Daycare 😒.
Staying offline is not a plaque, life still goes on. Don’t guilt-trip people because they didn’t call. Wait a minute! Does staying offline deprive a person of making calls? If you weren’t given a call, couldn’t you have called?
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We should cease glorifying staying offline like it is equivalent to climbing Mount Everest. Anyone can be offline, it is not a hard thing to do. There are a thousand and one things a person can do to warrant commendation and staying offline is not one of it…absolutely not!
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That statement is actually very dumb, I’ve had people say it to me in few occasions and lord knows I don’t reply, cos if I do the friendship might end that day. People have several reasons for being offline, maybe no data or they just decide to stay offline for some hours or days cos I know I do so sometimes, so I don’t see any big deal on why someone would want to come and guilt trip me for not noticing their absence and try to reach out. The major reason why I might notice is if I have… Read more »
Same here too. Anyone can be offline and it shouldn’t be a cause for alarm.
Maybe you have ajebutter friends. Where I come from, nobody gets upset because friends refused to check up on them.
I have all manner of people around me and Yes! this one is an Ajebutter 100%