It certainly could have been phrased better, Steph, but there's also the possibility that she *has* taken the hint but wants to know why you feel the way you do so she can figure out if she's done something offensive or whether there's some general behavior she's unaware of that she needs to change. Not to get you back as a friend, but to avoid alienating others. I tend only to take the risk of asking such a thing of people who were reasonably close friends. It's not worth the risk to find out from casual acquaintances.

I had someone ask me the same thing once. I tried to sidestep it a couple times but he wanted to know. So I told him. It broke that casual acquaintanceship (and he was a mutual friend of a number of my friends) but it also stopped him from bugging me again.

Yeah, it might be worth being explicit one time?

I can't believe I don't have a good (bad) enough story for this Jezebel thread! [link] I've done so much online dating! I've got to be able to come up with something.

What posts are she seeing? Weird.

And yes, that's kind of an out-there message.

Maybe I'm a bitch(ok, i know I am) but since she framed it as "May I ask..." I think you'd be okay saying "No, you may not." Because she doesn't really want to know anyway...she wants to be pissed.

Recently my father sent me a link to the whatthefuckhasobamadonesofar web site and it made me pause for a moment due to the cuss word. Yes, I'd already seen the site, thanks to you buffistas, but was still kinda shook by my dad sending it out to everyone in our family.

Hahaha! I can't remember the specific incident but I sure remember my shock the first time I heard my mom use the F word. It was also hilarious the first time I heard her use the word "doofus" (reverse pickup - she learned it from us).

What posts are she seeing? Weird.

I think if you request a friend, even if they don't friend you back, their posts marked "public" will show up on your activity feed. (I *think.*)

I finally had an event worthy of their worst ofs! Submitted under a different name, though.

Right up there with Shit I hate About Facebook, Tep. Also, the inverse ratio between the biggest psycho wench you know being the likeliest to post some sticky-sweet bullcrap about how much she loves her man.

Also, it's Special Comment night tonight...probably should be subtitled "Mainstream Media: That Is The Ugliest Effing Skirt I've Ever Seen" By Keith Olbermann. And I realize not everyone feels the need to moisturize for these things, but I thought you'd like to know. (I think he's going for the full hour, during the hour that's usually the Countdown repeat.)