Greek life virgin! Would this be weird? Desperate for help!

[33girl]

Originally Posted by southerngent111

ok 33girl, i don't see why you now feel the need to bash me. the friends i have that know him aren't even THAT good of friends with him. therefore, it'd be weird if i told them to contact this guy for me.

i just had a simple question. i don't see why you're telling me i'm socially inept. no need for criticism

I'm not bashing you personally, I'm bashing your whole generation. You just happen to be the representative of it today.

I fail to see how it would be "weird" if you asked friends to contact one of their friends to pave the way for an introduction, and "not weird" to start up a conversation with a guy who you found through his fraternity's FB page. Which kind of proves my point, I guess.

[HannahXO]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I fail to see how it would be "weird" if you asked friends to contact one of their friends to pave the way for an introduction, and "not weird" to start up a conversation with a guy who you found through his fraternity's FB page. Which kind of proves my point, I guess.

I think this shows the difference between "friends" and "facebook friends in common." I'll be honest, I'm FB friends with people who I haven't talked with in real life or on FB for years, and in a lot of cases it would be weird for me to suddenly contact them...so why am I friends with them on FB? No idea! I periodically go through and delete people, a fair number of whom request me back shortly after.

Short version: facebook and other means of electronic communication and social networking have effed up my generation's social norms...yes, it is a bit weird. I still think the OP would be out of line to contact this gentleman directly, but I think it's important to clarify the whole facebook social interaction thing.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by 33girl

I'm not bashing you personally, I'm bashing your whole generation. You just happen to be the representative of it today.

Here. \/\/