Where Did My Friend Request Go?? I am Marching to the West Coast to Get to the Bottom of This Problem!!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

The other day I had a friend request and excitedly clicked on my request and I was directed to a list of all my friends.  The computer would not tell me who was asking to be my friend and now, my request has left the building.  Listen, my kids tell me all the time that the majority of my friends are imaginary or cyber friends.  It doesn’t matter to them that I can rattle off facts about many of the members or their dogs; they still shake their heads sadly at me and hold up their fingers in a big L for Loser. 

I get so tired of telling them that Karen said this about dog food or F said that about Julia Roberts or Jane is working hard with Murphy or how Ricki pronounces Tara’s name, only to have them say, “mom, do you have any friends that others can see?”  I told them these are real people and we have come together because we love Doodles and of course, the daughter with the French Bulldogs said, “oh, that is right…what is the name of your group again?….Nuts with Mutts?”  She knows darn well, we go by DoodleKisses and I am pretty sure her husband and she sat around one night rhyming words that go with nuts, insane, crazy, bonkers, or kooky, and this was the best they could come up with between them.  Personally, I prefer Bonkers for Doodle Honkers, but I am keeping that to myself because that kid does not need any help.

 

No matter what I am called by my family, I like when I get a friend request and now it is gone.  I am sure that person thought, “The heck with you, lady! Who do you think you are ignoring my friend request?” but I didn’t ignore it, some gremlin inside DoodleKisses was working overtime to thwart all my efforts to find a new friend. 

So, I am taking a moment and singing at the top of my lungs in the direction of Washington to the tune of Papa, Can you Hear Me?

Adina, Can you hear me?

Adina, Can you see me?

Adina, Can you find me in the night?

 

Adina, Are you near me?

Adina, Can you hear me?

Adina, Can you help me not be frightened?

 

Looking at my computer I seem to see

One friend request, who is it now?

I can’t respond to you

Although I have tried so many times

 

Now, that I’m alone

Friend, Please forgive me

Try to understand me

It was out of my control

 

Can’t you hear me praying?

That you come back to me

Please listen to what I’m saying

And give me one more chance

 

Adina, How I love DK

Adina, How I need my friends

Adina, Can you hear me?

Adina, Help me understand

 

Adina, Can you hear me??

 

I am not saying I am a bad singer, but what I lack in pitch and tone, I make up for in volume, and I guarantee if I was at Adina and Clark’s house and happened to be singing this song to them in person, they would ask me what it was going to take to shut me up.  All I would say is, “I just want my friend back!!” Remember, my daughter lives in Oregon. It is really not that far to go to sing a friend a song.

 

[Bonnie and Kona]

Exactly, Anna! Geesh!

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Anna, You tell them who is boss....LOL!!

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

OMD, Laurie!  The SAME EXACT thing happened to me!!!  I was all frustrated about it.  I saw a friend request, got all excited (pathetic, I know - this shows how little of a life I have...), tried to click it & it just went to a list of my friends that I already had.  I was confused, so I kept trying over & over & got the same result.  Eventually, the friend request was gone.  I can't believe your blog because I thought I was going crazy there for a minute!  I feel much better now...

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Traci, Start singing. Hopefully, Adina will hear us :)

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Maybe Adina is just playing with our minds again.  It all started out with some of us having crowns and other not.  That was just not funny.  It created all kinds of anxiety and the more competitive DKers were downright upset that they were not "crown worthy"....yes, I count myself in that group.  Eventually, the crowns disappeared and everything was okay again in Doodleland.  Next, Adina asked Maryann to change her profile picture to one of herself...not just her Doodles.  Okay, well another change....we can handle it. Then F asks us to post profile pictures from when we were young so we can guess each other's identities.  It would take me days in the basement to find one of those that I would actually share.  Anyway, I think we were coping pretty well until now.  This thing with no notifications...then notifications of everything....then triple notifications of what happened two days ago....then friend requests that get us excited only to disappear forever.  That might have been our next BFF...but we'll never know now.  My nerves are shot.  Even walking Murphy past the dog park is less stressful than all this.  LOL  Laurie, good luck on your march to the "home of DK".  I'd go with you, but I'm too stressed out.

[F, Calla & Luca]

So it's not my imagination that we've gotten repeat notifications? Good, I was getting worried but it is rare that I worry about remembering too much.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Jane, Thank you for a big chuckle :) Start singing along with Traci and me....LOL!!! I do think Adina is playing head games with us for fun.

[F, Calla & Luca]

IT just occurred to me how thin you'll be when you get there. What a good dual purpose trip. I would merely be dead : )

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

F, More incentive.....I am leaving now :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

I'm so grateful you didn't invite me, given my prediction of my state on arrival, I might have considered that a hostile act.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I thought about it, but you are family and that seemed wrong :)

[F, Calla & Luca]

: )