The Button That Should Have Been

So I have one very important bone to pick with the Facebook designer regarding what I believe to be a terrible flaw in the program. Where's the Fuck Off button? You know, the one that should be an option when someone sends you a friend request.

The two options, confirm or ignore, would be sufficient if the person sending the request actually got a request ignored notification saying, "Sally ignored your friend request and wants you to fuck off and die tomorrow." But they don't do that. They get notified if someone accepts-why not when someone ignores?

Today, I got a friend request from my ex. I didn't know what to think except...ah..."Fuck Off". Well...that and "You've got to be kidding me". No note attached either; just "Jimmy has added you as a friend on Facebook". Really? Really? As if Seth Meyers and Amy Poehler couldn't have a field day with that.

Did he want to be my friend? Did he want to be able to file our relationship status under amicable? Was he reaching out hoping I'd write saying "Let's get together soon for coffee and talk?".

I called a friend, "Oh-my-God, you'll never guess who just friended me on Facebook."...She guessed and then went into her account...."Oh-my-God, he friended me too...".

Now, you see, I knew something was wrong. I knew he'd never intentionally friend her due to a falling out they'd had over a year ago and considering she fell ill and had chemo and he never reached out, I doubt finding her on FB was at the top of his to do list. Then an office mate said, "You know, he probably just sent it out to everyone in his email address book".

WHAT?...You can do that?... He would do that and not make certain edits? YES...and, well...YES.

So, friending me wasn't a deliberate act, which honestly hurts more than if it were. Is there a bigger statement of "I don't even care enough about your feelings to edit you from the invite list" possible? He had to have known I was in his email list....along with the other jilted friends and ex lovers.

I wonder what they're all thinking. I wonder if they wish there was a Fuck Off button too.