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Old 01-23-2013, 07:13 AM
 
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So there's this girl I have seen around campus but I've never spoken to just added me on Facebook. I have a girlfriend. Should I accept her friend request?
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:19 AM
 
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no you did the right thing. always start a new thread here when someone friends you on facebook. the advice you get here could save your life.
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:19 AM
 
Location: apparently NeverLand
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Seriously?
If you're girlfriend is going to be jealous about a "friend" on facebook, then you need a new girlfriend.
If you're worried about your relationship with your girlfriend because of a silly friend request from a girl who is probably not even into you, then you need a new girlfriend.

Accept it if you want or don't. I have tons of "friends" on facebook from campus that I don't talk to, they just added me because they are in a club and trying to recruit or something along those lines. I doubt it means something.
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:42 AM
 
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So there's this girl I have seen around campus but I've never spoken to just added me on Facebook. I have a girlfriend. Should I accept her friend request?
If you would like her to have access to your Facebook page and vice versa, add her. If not, don't. If she's adding you although you've never had a conversation with her, it is possible that she's attracted to you and wants to get to know you.
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:45 AM
 
Location: NY
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I know people who have hundreds of "friends" on facebook. I would never read too deeply into the existence of a facebook friendship.

If this is someone you never met, I suspect it is someone striving for hundreds of facebook "friends" for some kind of facebook status or something.

I personally would not ad this person. I like to know the person first IRL (or at least have a well developed online friendship... such as a couple people I know from other area of the country who I have not had the chance to meet due to distance).
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:48 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I had several with 2000+ friends. I intentionally kept my list at 250. If someone added me at that point, someone else had to go.
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Old 01-23-2013, 07:53 AM
 
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I had several with 2000+ friends. I intentionally kept my list at 250. If someone added me at that point, someone else had to go.
^^100% agree. I keep my number of "friends" low and periodically "clean" my list.

I would never accept "friends" that I don't know or like. It's a waste of my time to view status updates, photos, etc. of all those people.

So, to answer your question, it depends how you like to keep your FB. If you friend anyone and everyone, then sure, accept it. If you like to know the people on your FB, then don't.
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:02 AM
 
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The only people I don't accept requests on Facebook are teenagers who try to add me.

I think this girl is saying "Hi, my name is ____" and she's not soliciting you.
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:12 AM
 
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A friend add is NOT an expression of romantic interest. It's just a friend add. Heck, it may not even be a friendship. That all depends on what's done after the add. Right now it's just a friend add and nothing more.
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Old 01-23-2013, 08:28 AM
 
Location: Chicago, IL
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So there's this girl I have seen around campus but I've never spoken to just added me on Facebook. I have a girlfriend. Should I accept her friend request?
Do it if you want to, and don't do it if you don't want to. The fact that you have a girlfriend isn't an issue, since Facebook isn't a dating site and you have (presumably) done nothing to indicate that you're interested in dating her.

Also, as southernbelle20 said, if your girlfriend gets jealous that easily, there are serious problems.
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