Drupal friendlist module, every relationship is 4 DB rows

ouch!

mysql> select * from friendlist_statuses;
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+------------+------+------------------+
| sid | requester_id | requestee_id | rtid | status  | rid_origin | rid  | last_update_time |
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+------------+------+------------------+
|   7 |            1 |         5484 |    1 | TW_BOTH |        232 |  232 |       1259898195 |
|   8 |         5484 |            1 |    1 | TW_BOTH |        233 |  233 |       1259898195 |
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+------------+------+------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)

mysql> select * from friendlist_relations;
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+-------------+---------------------+
| rid | requester_id | requestee_id | rtid | message | create_time | tw_disregarded_time |
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+-------------+---------------------+
| 232 |            1 |         5484 |    1 | hi      |  1259898117 |                   0 |
| 233 |         5484 |            1 |    1 | thanks! |  1259898195 |                   0 |
+-----+--------------+--------------+------+---------+-------------+---------------------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)