Much ado about nothing?
 

So I have this friend, I use the term lightly.
He only says hello to me once in a while, like once a year or longer. We've only spoken online but should I be thinking it strange that we lose touch and don't talk for a long time, then he contacts me out of the blue again just to say hello. He contacted me again a few days ago, we spoke about video games. I asked him a question and now he's too busy to reply to something that would take not even a minute to answer.

This isn't something I am angry about, just very puzzled.

Shouldn't "friends" speak a little more than this?

But we only speak online, can you be just an acquaintance online? only saying hello literally once a year?

Friends should definitely speak more than that. I speak to my...friends fairly frequently (for some, it is daily).

Given, I don't find it odd to send a casual acquaintance a message once in awhile and say "hi, how are you" and that's basically the extent of a conversation.

i actually have a friend like that who only talks every couple of weeks to anyone if even that much, it is unusual but to does happen

If it was every two weeks I'd be happy.
It's only once in a blue moon and it's . . .strange for lack of a better term.

I'm just trying to understand it.

some people are just that way dear, if it bothers you then just don't reply

I am only trying to understand the behavior and get some insight to it.

It's like this, you have a question but you don't know the answer to it.
I know the answer isn't important, it's the understanding it is.

I'm sorry, I don't feel as if I am explaining it very well.

Like division, the answer doesn't matter. The process of finding it out does.

It happens with a friend of mine as well. I understand that he has a busy life and doesn't have much time for facebook and such. We hardly see each other offline either. When you reach your 20's, it's a busy time.

I don't talk to my friends all that frequently either. I wouldn't be angry if I were you. It's just one of those things.

But I'm not angry, never was.

I'll see if I can rephrase my words to get my question across better.