I wasn't online this week so I am slow to reply to this post (we were staycationing in a cute hotel near my office and it was fabulous!!), but in general I agree with you completely that LJ is a "personal" space and you shouldn't keep people around who don't really feel like "friends" to you, BUT THEN in specific I really enjoy your posts and I hope that my extended LJ absences don't boot me into "not a friend" territory!! And of course if it DOES boot me there, that's your decision and I totally respect that and no problem!! But I'd be sad for myself. :) And I hope you are well, I hope whatever is making you feel vulnerable right now is either a passing thing ORRRR will have fabulous character-building outcomes in the end.