Backlash of Facebook

Ok. So, as I mentioned a couple posts ago, I started cleaning out my facbeook.
I was prepared for a few people to ask for my friendship back, I was not however prepared for the backlash I just received. Messages bitching me out for deleting their friendship. "I thought we were friends!" We ARE friends. Just not FACEBOOK friends. Facebook isn't life. In my mind, I can have a very nice relationship with you and not be facebook friends. One person told me "I was going to write on your wall and ask how you've been doing." Well if you were THAT concerned, a phone call would have been splendid.

I then proceeded to explain that we just hadn't talked on facebook for a bit of time and I didn't think they would mind. It was nothing personal. She then said, "oh don't worry. I don't care."

well.

Where to go from there?