friending people who are not your friends on facebook

OK. So not everyone on my facebook friends list is exactly a good pal.  There are people you 'friend' under varied circumstances.  This is basically what I think prior to accepting/sending friend requests.

1. Your friends.
Der, regardless of their gender, appearance, branch of humour and hygiene, if you are friends IRL, you are friends on facebook. Simple.  People who are not your friends but are 'friends' on facebook will be divided into the following category:

2.  People from school
Your own grade: It's understood that you friend everyone in your cohort. No thinking required.
Grades above: People in the grades above are automatically awarded bonus points in my books. Why? It's very practical.  I feel like they experience life a bit before us, and going through their photos will be a very enlightening process. ***MORE ON THIS  BELOW***
Grades below: Veeeerry sceptical about people I add in the grades below.  Usually only if they're cool... or if I work with his/her siblings. (if we're friends, you're cool in my books).
Potential for future networking, and also, birds from the same nest have got to stick together. Will friend on facebook.

3. People from work
This is rare. I rarely add my colleagues as friends if we aren't pals at work. The only exception would be because the friend is relocating offices and working in some exotic European country with picture-worthy views.  Potential to live vicariously through them during their travels.  Will friend on facebook.

4. Mutual friends
This person's name will keep popping up on your feed because you have a tumultuous number of mutual friends. You keep bumping into them at your friend's gatherings. Eventually this 'friend' could become a real friend. Has potential. Will friend on facebook.

5. People you've met once or twice on travels
You don't know this person too well, but the time you spent together (although short) was definitely memorable. Potential good friend if there is another catch up. Will friend on facebook. Also need to grab photos off them *bonus points*

6. People you've met once or twice, going out at night
This almost rarely happens. When you're on a night out and meet people, you virtually know NOTHING about them. By clicking accept on facebook, you are pretty much serving a myriad of personal information on a silver platter to a stranger. Probs won't friend on facebook.

Actually, number 6 never happens. I'm much too cautious.

7. Family members.
Ah yes. MDK are friends.  My cousins are also friends. As D puts it, why isn't it ok to friend someone you've known for your whole life, especially since it's ok to friend someone you've just met. So true.

8. People you know but don't like...
...mainly because they travel and you are jealous. Potential for aesthetic pics. Will friend on facebook.


I was going to say more on this topic, but got distracted by shoes. I'm trying to figure out how long it will take for me to get to the point where buying a pair of louboutins will seem 'immaterial'.  I saw my senior manager sporting a pair on Friday. So maybe in .. 10 years?  Ugh so materialistic.. but so
beautiful :')

***People from older grades - an observation
My sister was telling me that it's a cool thing at school for a girl to date someone in grades above. I sort of see her point, and I do see the logic in it. It's a popularity thing. For the girl, even if the older guy is a complete schmuck, she will look 'cooler' in front of her peers. For the guy... I guess younger girls are more naive and easy prey. Ahaha. Tell me what you think, I'm not an expert in this field!