I don't often send a lot of friend requests but when I do it because they have caught my eye of the forum or I've enjoyed reading their stories.
I would love to chat to the people I'm friends but being on the other side of the world it makes it a little hard when Im awake and everybody else is asleep.
By friending people that are more actively involved within the Lush community allows me to get to know their personalities and for them to get to know me too via the forums- it's kind of a way around not being able to have a proper chat




