When you get the email saying someone wants to be your friend, click on the link and it will take you to your profile. If you want to accept, click accept and that will add you to their list, and them to yours. You need do nothing else, it's automatic. By the way, I've invited you to be my friend too.

It does make it easier to contact a friend, go to your profile, click on their name in your friends list and you will go to their profile then click message and the email form will come up.

Paula x