Are Friends Electric?

 One day in early September, I just quit going to my Facebook page. I didn't plan to, I just quit logging on.

A day turned into a week, a few weeks, then it was 2 months. On November 2nd,  I logged on long enough to see when my last post was. Sept. 2nd was the last date that I was on. I was a rather prolific poster. Many people likes and/or commented on my posts. I had a following. I sometimes posted about my troubles with bipolar disorder or suicide awareness. People know who I am. I thought about this during my absence. Only two people checked in with me outside of Facebook to see if I was OK. That troubled me. My electronic friends failed me. They often talk about reaching out to a friend to see if they are OK, to lift them from a depression or prevent a suicide. None of that actually happened. Talk is cheap. Jeff and Kirsten are gems. Thank you for that. Tess, Kate, Tim and I all regularly hang out in real life. They check on me periodically. They are real life people. As Gary Numan asked, "Are Friends Electric?"

Are Friends Electric?

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