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I unfriended an ex on Facebook, and I just added him again. Now its awkward!

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Question - (14 December 2011) 8 Answers - (Newest, 22 December 2011)
A female United Kingdom age 41-50, anonymous writes:

I dated Mr T for a short time and he ended things. We were friends first through work. I've carried a torch for years btw it hurt a lot when he ended it so I defriended him in FB not to hurt him but for the following reasons, to:

Keep me from spying or seeing his other girls etc.

So time has passed and I want to revisit the relationship as friends

I sent him a friend request and he accepted but said

That's wierd I thought we were friends??

I feel awkward and ashamed what should I tell him

Will he be mad?

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A male reader, anonymous, writes (22 December 2011):

facebook is the devils work honestly this caused no end of problems and contributed hugely to the breakdown of my previous relationship by causing arguments about who we were friends with dont do it anymore its a pain in the bum

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A male reader, DeadEyeDick United States +, writes (15 December 2011):

DeadEyeDick agony auntSo unfriend him again!! are you serious? really what other option do you have? you do not need him as a friend, until you feel 100% alright with him being your friend. pretty simple and easy answer to this question.

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A female reader, anonymous, writes (15 December 2011):

Thank you all!

I just used some humor abs said I deleted all the people that

Went to his school because they were our football competetion

It worked ;)

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A male reader, anonymous, writes (14 December 2011):

dont need to say a word about it. you have added him and he has accept your request so why say anything. let him be the first 2msg u.

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A female reader, Honeypie United States + , writes (14 December 2011):

Honeypie agony auntI agree with Olderthendirt.

People put WAY to much into FB.

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A female reader, k_c100 United Kingdom +, writes (14 December 2011):

k_c100 agony auntSimply explain that at the time you de-friended him because you were hurt and needed some time to get over the ending of the relationship. But now you are over it and would like to be friends again.

That should be more than enough to explain what happened and I'm sure he will understand.

I hope this helps and good luck!

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A male reader, olderthandirt  +, writes (14 December 2011):

olderthandirt agony auntallow me to rant briefly...facebook is no way to comunicate feelings. it's a dumb social media device for lonely people to 'think" they have friends. try face-to face conversations or even email.

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A female reader, hpoco Switzerland +, writes (14 December 2011):

hpoco agony auntFirstly, he doesn't sound necessarily mad, so don't worry about that.

His question doesn't beg a big explanation. If I were you I would just respond like this: "Sure we are friends, but now its official ;-)".

Don't stress about offering up all your reasons for doing what you did. He is an ex, and you don't owe him that anymore. He will probably figure it out on his own. Make him press you for details only if he really wants them. Its better to keep it light. Most likely, if you respond in a light-hearted, playful way, you won't have to say anything else. Plus, you gain a little respect for being "over" him.

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