The Amanda Thing

I may have started something foolish tonight. It was a case of it seems like a good idea at the time, but I might regret it tomorrow. We'll see.

So I was talking to Dan again, and in particular Myspace, and he directed me towards some people from the deep dark past that we both know. I went and looked and looked and looked some more. And then I did something potentially foolish and started sending requests to add them.

I started at Crystal's page. She's one of Dan's ex's and was one of X's friends, and I don't care so much about her. But what the heck?

But then we move into actual dangerous territory -- my former in-laws.

I found Terry's page. She's about like I would remember. Whereas Crystal was only ever a minor annoyance, Terry could be a big pest if she figures out who I am. So that might have been dumb.

Then I found Amanda's page. Amanda, if you don't know, is Lynne's daughter, was my niece, and for a long while was my little sweetheart. I met them all when X and me used to spend weekends over at their house in Winchendon. I got along good with Lynne right away, and ended up being the frequent babysitter to Amanda and Jason. In fact, this happened the first time I was ever over there. Lynne and X went grocery shopping, and left me alone with the two of them. So of course the two of them totally wrapped me around their little fingers, and they never lost the ability to do so. Amanda especially.

It certainly didn't hurt that I first met Amanda soon after the Big Bad happened, so I was especially vulnerable to someone like her, but the truth is that I probaby would have taken a shine to her anyway. When I was over there she attached herself to me like glue, and I ate it up. Eventually, that started to really piss off Charlie (her stepfather) and he tried to wipe that out, but it never stuck. Years later I found out another reason why he was so bothered by it, and what he was doing with her, and he's on the short list of people I'd like to beat to death with a sledgehammer. But I digress.

So I sent her a request. That's the one I'm not as leery of. Dan said that a year ago she was asking about me, too, so that's cool. He also warned me that she can be very needy, but that's ok. I know what caused that, and it does upset me that it was happening when I knew her and probably while I was there. There's nothing I can do about that, but given my other background, it's impossible for me not to have a lot of sympathy for her.

She also has three kids, which blows my mind. Yeah, I know she's in her twenties now, but in my mind she's still the same age she used to be.

Lynne didn't have one.

We did search for ... The Other One. Apparently, she's dropped off the face of the world. Good.

I haven't checked back yet to see if any of these requests have hit. I'm a little scared to.