How would you deal with this?

[lightningandsnow]

I have a friend who's actually a pretty cool guy. I also happen to have him as a friend on MSN messenger.

Everyday, he messages me, the instant I log on. Which would be fine in itself, right? Here's the thing. He's clearly bored. 99% of what he says is completely inane (like "I'm chewing gum. Now I'm watching House. How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?"), and, for someone that talks to me all the time, I can only recall 1 or 2 MSN conversations we've had that were actually really interesting or productive. And, he flips out if I don't answer him right away.

He also has a half sister who does the exact same thing, although to a lesser degree, save for the fact that she doesn't flip if she doesn't get a reply right away.

What should I do? It's starting to get to me, but I really hate being mean to people.

[Lyric]

1. Log in on invisible, Block him, then change your status to visible.

He can't see you if he's Blocked, and if you *want* to talk to him, you can always Unblock him at any time.

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

2. can't you claim to be working on something?

Often.

[Radical Activist]

3. hey

how come you stopped responding to my IM's?

:silly:

[Danger Mouse]

4. "Busy" status works wonders.

:hi:

[enigmatic]

5. That's why I don't do IM

I know on Facebook you can lo "off" for IM; there might be something in Messenger like that, too..

[Ava]

6. i almost always log in invisible

if i want to talk to someone i'll IM them, and a lot of times people will IM me while i'm in but invisible to see if i'm on. if i want to talk i'll respond. if not, then i'm "offline" :P

[rcrush]

7. Its devastating when someone ignores your inane rantings.

I know I hate it.