I think of this from time to time, but if I reference it nobody gets it because it’s an ‘in-joke’.
I worked with a woman who has a daughter. She said that when her daugher was about nine years old, she found her daughter who had a piece of paper and a pencil. A line divided the left and right halves of the paper, and names were written in each column. The headings on the columns were FRIENDS and NOT MY FRIENDS.
‘S/He’s on my “Not My Friends” list’ became a phrase around the office.
I just think it’s cute that the daughter was making such a list.
Oh wow, I suddenly had a flashback to either my first or second year of high school: Jennifer and I spent the night at Lisa’s house, and at one point the three of us decided that we’d be brutally honest regarding what we didn’t like about each other. We swore that we wouldn’t take anything personally, and that no grudges would be held – it was all in the interest of self-improvement.
Hmm, three 14-year-old girls with licenses to detail each other’s faults … yeah, that was a great idea. :smack:
I thought everyone did this at some point-maybe not on paper,but still.
I could make you a list right now (and I’m 43), but that would be er, childish.
Misnomer --ouch! that seems a no fail recipe for disaster, that one does.
At age 13 we all did slam books in my girl scout troop’s fall encampment. Some of us never spoke to each other again and the troop fell apart almost immediately. IIRC, you’re supposed to say good and bad things about each person, but naturally we went overboard on the bad things. I still remember Cindy _____ telling me the sight of me in my scoliosis brace made her want to throw up; I think that was the last time I hit another girl.
It’s not that easy, bub. I’ve been here for five years, and I think the only list I’m on is “Posters no one really remembers in spite of them having been here five years.” Of course, if you want to have a spectacular flame-out, it does tend to get noticed.
I don’t really make lists of “Friends/Not Friends” per se, but I do sort of mentally categorize some people as “Not someone I’m likely to hang out with voluntarily.” I guess that’s basically the same thing.
