Social media has been a game-changer in the last decade. It helps connect us to family and friends, informs us of world events, and even helps with things like finding a job. But in social medias' quest to connect us with people, we've also connected to the wrong things – things that we don't want to connect to and have no desire to connect to.

We have such a strong desire to be "connected" to everyone, but do we really need to be connected to everyone we've ever met? Is it really necessary for us to know that Susie from 6th grade is now the manager of a store in New York? Is it really necessary for us to know that John from 1st grade is living in Alaska?

Probably not.

But yet, we still want to know about them.

But why?

Why do we want to keep up with people's lives so much – particularly people that we aren't close to? We want to know who Kiara is dating, and what city Trent lives in – even if we don't know them personally.

I mean, of course you want to keep up with your actual friends, but let's face it – most of the people on our Instagram feeds aren't our actual friends. And honestly, I just don't care what my old classmate Zach is up to.

I just don't.

That isn't to sound mean, but to make a point – which is this: why do we care???

Why do we need to "friend" on Facebook everyone from our childhood – people we don't really know at all and that we haven't spoken to since literally elementary school? I don't have any interest in discussing the old politics of why Jenna didn't get invited to Megan's 10th birthday party in 4th grade.

If they even remember each other.

Or rehashing when Dara had a huge crush on Josh in 6th grade.

Ugh.

If we truly ask ourselves if we personally care about these people, the answer is probably no. And, these same people would probably say the same about us. So why do we keep doing it?

Is it that we want to prove to people we used to know that we're doing great things in life? If so, why do we care? Why should I care what Jasmine from 2nd grade thinks of me?

Honestly, I would rather everyone just get up and move on and pretend not to remember everyone else. Because who really, truly, wants to relive 7th grade? (Heck, most of us don't even want to relive freshman year of college, but I digress).

The truth is, when we see these old classmates, we relive the time period in which we knew them. We remember all of the awkwardness, the immaturity, the embarrassment. We see ourselves how we were back then. And, if that isn't bad enough, we see each other as we were back then. Because no matter how much we grow up, we'll never be able to live down who we were in the 3rd grade. Bobby - the tattletale. Hannah - the annoying girl. Cole - the kid who wet his pants. The list goes on. I mean, is this really how you want to be remembered? Is this how anyone wants to be remembered? We'll always remember people as the person that did this or the person who did that.

And quite frankly, it's annoying.

I certainly don't want to be remembered as the bookish, shy girl who wore glasses (which I was).

Sometimes, it's just best to live and let live.

And we can all continue walking down the street pretending that we don't remember the boy that always farted next to us in in 6th grade math class.

Cheers to that.